How to check the working capacity of the hard disk

Hard disk is an important component of a computer device. In the event of problems with the hard drive, the likelihood of loss of valuable information is high. Therefore, it is very important to diagnose the working capacity of the hard disk when the emergence of extraneous noise (grincping, cod), long copying information, disappearance of files and folders, etc.

To check the hard disk, you can enjoy both the standard utility of the Windows family system and third-party means. The use of the latter is more preferable because products from other developers have advanced features, compared to the Microsoft utility. Consider how to check the working capacity of the hard disk using the most popular Victoria program. Before proceeding with disk testing, you should copy all the important files to external media.

After downloading the Victoria program, it is retrieved from the archive to the computer and run the executable file on behalf of the administrator.

After the program window opens to check the current disk status, use the SMART tab. To do this, click "Get Smart", as indicated in the picture. After that, next to the "GET Smart", the status of the disk state will appear.

To directly test the working capacity of the hard disk, open the "Test" tab - the "Start" button. After that, in the main window of the program, the rectangles of various colors will be shown on the left, which characterize the state of the disk segments. A good drive must have rectangles of white and gray colors, however, the presence of green. But the presence of orange, red and blue testifies to the presence of BED sectors.

When a large number of failure sectors is detected, the hard disk is scanned again with the "Remap" checkbox. Thus, the Victoria program will hide the found panel sector found.