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Hard disk drive support downloads
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Drive
Fitness
Programs
to help analyze, monitor, & restore the
health of IBM drives. |
Windows
systems:
Linux
systems:
Documentation:
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Drive
Fitness Test (version 2.10)
Size - 1927 KB Windows, 1440 KB Linux
The Drive Fitness Test (DFT) provides a quick and reliable method to test IBM SCSI
and IDE hard disk drives. The Drive Fitness Test only performs read tests and
does not overwrite customer data.
Note:
This download creates a self
booting diskette to run the DFT
utility. You can create
the diskette under Windows or
Linux but you must start your
system with the bootable
diskette to run DFT. DFT
can only be used with x86 based
processors. |
Currently, the Drive Fitness Test does not support:
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IBM Microdrives
Travelstar E drives
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Features: |
Supports
SCSI and IDE drives |
Analyzes
drive fitness |
- Three modes of operation:
-- High confidence level Quick test*
*unmatched in the drive industry
-- Full media scan
-- Exerciser
- Performs real-time analysis of
IBM drives to quickly determine whether the drive has a problem.
- Identifies system problems such as cables, temperature, etc.
- Automatically logs significant drive parameters to track
potential impacts to the operation of the drive.
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Restores
drive fitness (overwrites customer data) |
- Erase Bootsector
utility
(use DFT Utility option: Erase Boot Sector)
- Low-level format utility
(use DFT Utility option: Erase Disk)
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Note: Both utilities will overwrite all customer data and allow repair of bad sectors.
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Utilities |
- Drive
information
- S.M.A.R.T.
Operations for IDE hard
disk drives
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Go to download page
*registration required
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Ontrack Data AdvisorTM
Data Advisor is a self-booting, easy to use, diagnostic software to determine data access
problems. It analyzes file systems, boot sectors, Master Boot Record, memory etc. It
guides the user through traditional or new Remote Data Recovery (RDR) services. |
EZ-SMART5.0.24.IBM.exe
Readme
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EZ-S.M.A.R.T. (version 5.0.24) - 1093 KB
EZ-S.M.A.R.T. is an easy to use program that monitors S.M.A.R.T. capable IDE and
SCSI hard disk drives. The program reduces the risk of system down time by
assessing the reliability and predicting hard disk drive failures. |
wipe.exe
Readme
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Wipe - 19 KB (self-extracting file)
Wipe is a DOS software utility that writes zeroes to every sector on a hard disk
drive up to 8 GB. It can be used with both SCSI and IDE drives.
Note: This function is now included in the Drive Fitness Test.
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zap.exe
Readme
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Zap - 18 KB (self-extracting file)
Zap is a DOS software utility that writes zeroes to the first 128 sectors on a hard
disk drive, including the Master Boot Record and the first Partition Boot Record. It can
be used with both SCSI and IDE drives.
Note: This function is now included in the Drive Fitness Test.
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Installation
Utilities to help you install your new IBM drive |
Windows
systems:
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Disk Manager 2000 (version 3.10)
Disk Manager 2000 provides step-by-step installation
instructions to help you install an IBM IDE hard disk
drive. Disk Manager
2000 also
allows an older system BIOS with a drive capacity limitation (i.e. 528MB, 540MB,
2.1GB, 4.2GB, 8.4GB or 32GB) to use IBM IDE drives above those limits. For Award BIOS
4.5x see the Ontrack Data International solution for
33GB BIOS lock-up.
Notes: |
- Download the diskette
version of Disk Manager
2000 if you do not have
Windows installed on
your system or if you
have a problem
downloading the 6
megabyte Windows systems
version. The
diskette version creates
a bootable diskette that
includes Disk
Manager.
- The bootable
diskette also contains the IBM Drive Fitness Test
(DFT) and IBM ATASW utilities.
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dg-v10361c.exe
Readme
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DriveGuide (version 1.03.61c) - 479 KB
IBM DriveGuide Easy Installation Software that provides step-by-step installation instructions to help you install IBM IDE
hard disk drives. DriveGuide allows older systems to use higher capacity drives, including drives with capacities greater
than 32GB.
Caution: DriveGuide and Disk Manager are not compatible. Use only one of the programs when you install a new drive.
It is possible to lose or corrupt the data on the drive if a different disk installation program is used after
DriveGuide was used to install the drive. If you have a problem using either program, contact the
Technical Support Center.
Notes: |
- IBM DriveGuide does not
support Windows
Millenium or Windows
2000.
- IBM DriveGuide Easy Installation Software does not provide support for CD-Roms and some
controller cards.
- Windows NT users: The dg-v10361c.exe program download is a self-extracting program
that creates a bootable DriveGuide program diskette. You cannot create the bootable DriveGuide diskette on a
Windows NT system. You can create the bootable DriveGuide diskette on a Windows 95/98 or DOS
based system. Then boot your Windows NT system with the DriveGuide diskette to create the first
partition on any drive you add. The Windows NT Disk Administration tool can also be used to initialize new drives.
Refer to the Windows NT documentation for an explaination of how to use the Disk Administration tool.
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Windows systems:
Linux systems:
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IBM
Feature Tool (Version 1.10)
Size - 1568 KB Windows,
1440 KB Linux
The IBMATASW utility is now part of the IBM Feature Tool. |
Some systems are not able to handle the high
transfer speeds of current IBM
hard disk drives. The IBM
Feature Tool
allows you to switch between Ultra ATA/33, ATA/66, and ATA/100 support
(UDMA modes 2, 4 and 5). The
IBM Feature Tool does not overwrite existing customer data on the disk drive. See
the description in the next
category for additional
functions included with the
utility. |
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Optimize IBM drives
Tools to optimize and customize IBM drives |
Go to download page |
Power Booster - 301 KB
A utility for laptops that gives users direct control over the Advanced Battery Life Extender power settings for
mobile IBM disk drives. Power Booster allows any computer with an IBM ATAPI 4 mobile disk drive
and running Windows 95/98 to directly control advanced power management features of the
drive. Advanced Battery Life Extender is an advanced power savings implementation and Power
Booster is a user interface to it. Additional details are provided on the download page. |
Windows systems:
Linux systems:
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IBM
Feature Tool (Version 1.10)
Size - 1568 KB Windows,
1440 KB Linux
The IBM Feature Tool allows you
to control some of the features
in the newer IBM high
performance ATA hard disk
drives. The IBM Feature
Tool allows you to:
- Change the drive Automatic Acoustic Management settings to the:
- Lowest acoustic emanation setting (Quiet Seek Mode), or
- Maximum performance level (Normal Seek Mode).
- Change the
predefined capacity of
the drive. This option can be used in situations where there is a BIOS limitation and the drive is not recognized.
See the usage
instructions
for specific
details.
- Switch the
Ultra DMA
mode
(replaces
IBMATASW
utility)
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Productivity tools for hard disk drive related businesses
Tools developed specifically for resellers and OEM system integrators |
How to obtain a copy of DDD-SI
Documentation:
dddsi.pdf
- 2,478 KB
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DDD-SI Version
5.0
DDD-SI is an easy-to-use Windows software package developed by IBM for system integrators. This
tool allows you to modify, optimize, initialize or test industry leading IBM hard disk drives for integration. Single
or multiple hard disk drives need to be outside of their target System. Once DDD-SI is configured, you can easily:
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Hard disk drive utilities feedback
Help define future Drive Fitness technology and other utilities! |
We value your input about the tools and utilities provided by IBM to support your IBM drive.
These utilities are provided to:
- Make the installation of IBM drives easier
- Analyze IBM drive problems and restore Drive Fitness
- Optimize IBM drives for specific applications
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Your feedback can help IBM improve the service, support, and development of future generations
of Drive Fitness and other technologies.
It should take approximately 5 minutes or less to
complete. Use
the general feedback
form to provide
feedback or comments
on utilities in
general. Use
the utility specific
feedback form to
provide feedback or
comments on a
specific utility or
download. |
Go to the general feedback form
Go to the utility specific feedback form
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Thank you for participating. All responses will be used for research and development purposes. |
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