Drive diagnostic software for use on G5?

#1 Thu, 20 Nov 2014 - 08:36

I'm trying to locate some drive diagnostic software that is good for use on OS 10.5 being run on my G5. I have some SATA drives from work that I need to run some tests on, primarily bad sector tests. The software then needs to be able to mark those sectors as unusable so that the drives can continue to be used in non-essential applications.

I know there is Disk Tools Pro, but is there anything free out there that might fit the bill?

#1 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 - 02:34

SoundDiver is really difficult to find. There's a copy protection on the CD where you can't copy it, so it won't work unless you have the original CD.

If you have a copy and are willing to sell it, please let me know.

#2 Sun, 2 Feb 2014 - 07:12

I don't believe this will work though. SoundDiver uses a weird copy protection on the CD itself and it hasn't been cracked for Mac, only for Windows. But maybe I'm wrong?

#2 Thu, 20 Nov 2014 - 15:51

In the Pre-G3 days, there was Silverlining. Norton Utilities also marked bad sectors. Apple's Disk Utility does this if you format the drives and zero out the sectors. It takes forever to do though.

As you may know; if some of your boot sectors are bad, it may render a good drive as bad. Apple's Disk Utility would do this.

#3 Tue, 4 Feb 2014 - 16:19

Are these .img for macos9 disk copy?
I recall when apple released the beta sound diver 3.1 for macos x
you needed the logic key to use it not sure if this is the case here?

I'll download the files and then test -
thanks so much to post these here.

#4 Thu, 6 Feb 2014 - 19:37

i would have to ask "enabler" hes the one who shared all these files with us..
hopefully he might pop in..

#5 Sun, 8 Feb 2015 - 01:09

SD3.0 works on windows, it's been cracked since long ago, however I'm not sure if this SD3 disk image that you supplied will work on OS9. You're saying that it won't work, correct?