Free Hard Disk Drive Diagnostic Utility For Samsung Hard Drive
Note: The following free hard disk drive utilities and diagnostic tools are only for Samsung Hard Disk Drives. Using any of these utilities on a hard disk drive that was not manufactured by Samsung will have adverse effects on that hard disk drive.
Hardware Utilities
Disk Manager provides support for Dynamic Drive Overlay, which will allow older BIOSes to support large-capacity hard drives. Disk Manager can also partition the drive. (Note: Registration information needed for downloading)
- Disk Manager for FDD
- Disk Manager for CD Rom
Hardware Diagnostics
There are three utilities depending on the model of your hard disk drive for diagnosing hardware problems and performing low-level formats:
SHDIAG is a hardware diagnostic for older Samsung hard drives. Backing up data before using SHDIAG is strongly advised.
Hard Disk Drive Series | Model Number |
Spinpoint V20400 | SV4084D, SV3063D, SV2042D, SV1021D, SV0761D |
Spinpoint V15300 | V3064D, SV2043D, SV1532D, SV0761D |
Spinpoint V10200 | SV2044D, SV1533D, SV1022D, SV0511D |
Spinpoint V9100 | SV1824D, SV1363D, SV0842D, SV0431D |
Other Older Models | SV2046D, SV1705D, SV1364D, SV1023D, SV0682D, SP1828D, SP1366D, SP0914D, SV1296D, SV0844D, SV0643D, SV0432D |
HUTIL is made with the aim of testing a Samsung hard disk drive while it is installed inside a PC, regardless of the status of user’s operating system. It is a good idea to test drive that is having problems with HUTIL to see if it is truly defective to avoid possible unnecessary troubleshooting or factory service. HUTIL includes EraseHDD, a utility that will perform a low-level format including the partition table and Master Boot Record.
Hard Disk Drive Series | Model Number |
SpinPoint F1 | HD161GJ, HD162GJ, HD251HJ, HD252HJ, HD322HJ, HD501IJ, HD502IJ, HD752LJ, HD753LJ, HD102UJ, HD103UJ |
SpinPoint F1 CE | HA251HJ, HA321HJ, HA501IJ, HA751LJ, HA101UJ |
SpinPoint F1 RAID | HE322HJ, HE502IJ, HE753LJ, HE103UJ |
SpinPoint S250 | HD162HJ, HD200HJ, HD250HJ |
SpinPoint S250 CE | HA250HJ, HA161HJ |
SpinPoint N2 | HS030GB, HS031GA, HS040HB, HS041HA, HS04THB, HS060HB, HS061HA, HS06THB, HS080HA, HS080HB, HS081HA, HS082HB, HS10TJB, HS120JB, HS122JB |
SpinPoint N1 | HS122JC, HS08XJC, HS10XJC/M |
SpinPoint M5 | HM201JI, HM250JI, HM061GI, HM080GI, HM121HI, HM160HI, HM160HC, HM121HC, HM080GC, HM061GC |
SpinPoint MH80S | HM08HHI, HM12HII, HM16HJI |
SpinPoint S166 | HD041GJ, HD081GJ, HD042GJ, HD082GJ, HD120HJ, HD161HJ |
SpinPoint T166 | HD251KJ, HD252KJ, HD320KJ, HD321KJ, HD402LJ, HD403LJ , HD500LJ, HD501LJ, HD080GJ, HD160HJ, HD300JJ, HD301JJ, HD320JJ, HD321JJ |
SpinPoint T133 | HD250KD, HD250KJ, HD300LD, HD300LJ, HD301LJ, HD320LD, HD320LJ, HD321LJ, HD400LD, HD400LJ, HD401LJ |
SpinPoint P80SDH | HD121IJ, HD161JJ |
SpinPoint P80SD | HD040GJ, HD080HJ, HD120IJ, HD160JJ |
SpinPoint M80 | HM040GI, HM040GC, HM061HC, HM062HI, HM080HI, HM080HC, HM100II, HM100IC, HM120II, HM120IC, HM160JI, HM160JC |
SpinPoint M60 | HM020GC,HM021GI, HM030GI, HM030GC, HM040HC, HM041HI, HM042HI, HM060HI, HM060HC, HM061HI, HM080II, HM080IC, HM081II, HM100JI, HM100JC, HM101JI, HM120JI, HM120JC, HM121JI |
SpinPoint P80VEM | SP0451N, SP0842N |
SpinPoint P80VEA | SP0822N |
SpinPoint P80M | SP1243N, SP1253N, SP1644N, SP1654N |
SpinPoint P80A | SP0431N, SP0441N, SP0832N, SP1223N, SP1233N, SP1624N, SP1634N |
SpinPoint P120 | SP2014N, SP2514N, SP2004C, SP2504C |
SpinPoint V120 | HA250JC, HA200JC, SP2504N, SP2004N, SP1603N, SP1613N, SP1202N, SP1212N, SP1603C |
SpinPoint M40 | MP0302H, MP0402H, MP0603H, MP0804H,HM040HI, HM060II, HM080JI |
SpinPoint P80 | SP0211N, SP0401N, SP0612N, SP0802N, SP0812N,SP1203N, SP1213N, SP1604N, SP1614N, SP0812C,SP1213C, SP1614C, SP0822N |
SpinPoint V80 | SV0401N, SV0802N, SV1203N, SV1604N, SV0211N, SV0612N, SV0802E, SV1203E, SV1604E |
SpinPoint VL40 | SV0211H, SV0311H, SV0401H, SV0411N, SV0211N |
SpinPoint PL40 | SP0411N, SP0211N, SP0311N, SP0411C |
SpinPoint V60 | SV1204H, SV0813H, SV0602H, SV0301H |
SpinPoint P40 | SP8004H, SP6003H, SP4002H, SP2001H, SP80A4H, SP60A3H, SP40A2H, SP20A1H |
SpinPoint V40 | SV8004H, SV6003H, SV4002H, SV2001H, SV8014H, SV6014H, SV6013H, SV4012H, SV3012H, SV2011H |
SpinPoint V30 | SV6004H, SV4003H, SV3002H, SV2002H, SV0802H |
SpinPoint P20 | SP4004H, SP3003H, SP2002H, SP1001H |
SpinPoint V20400 | SV4084H, SV3063H, SV2042H, SV1021H, SV0761H |
- HUTIL for FDD
- HUTIL for CD Rom
SUTIL is a utility for older Samsung hard drives that will format them and reset their DMA Modes.
Hard Disk Drive Series | Model Number |
Spinpoint V20400 | SV4084D, SV3063D, SV2042D, SV1021D, SV0761D |
Spinpoint V15300 | V3064D, SV2043D, SV1532D, SV0761D |
Spinpoint V10200 | SV2044D, SV1533D, SV1022D, SV0511D |
Spinpoint V9100 | SV1824D, SV1363D, SV0842D, SV0431D |
Other Older Models | SV2046D, SV1705D, SV1364D, SV1023D, SV0682D, SP1828D, SP1366D, SP0914D, SV1296D, SV0844D, SV0643D, SV0432D |
- SUTIL for FDD
Data Advisor®
Data Advisor is a free hard disk drive diagnostic utility available from http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/. Data Advisor quickly assesses the health of your hard disk drive, file structures, and computer memory by identifying problems that could cause data loss. Don’t worry if you can’t boot your system to Windows; Data Advisor is self-booting, so it runs even when your system won’t.
Note: Ontrack DataRecovery is not associated with Samsung, Inc.
MHDD is the most popular freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics.