What are some way to test a hard drive for possible damage from a fall?

[trainergames]

Ok i am fixing a laptop for a coworker,i am the power jack got damaged from being dropped(it still worked if you held it just right),i know when i was testing it before the teardown it took 10 minutes for it to boot into windows 7.

 

Even on a virus filled OS with weaker hardware i have never had it take that long to boot,could that be a sign the HDD was damaged?

 

If so what are some ways i can test to be for sure?

 

I already ran CrystalDiskInfo that said drive health was good,and i could not get CrystalDiskMark to start so i could not run it.

[cox1000]

Ok i am fixing a laptop for a coworker,i am the power jack got damaged from being dropped(it still worked if you held it just right),i know when i was testing it before the teardown it took 10 minutes for it to boot into windows 7.

 

Even on a virus filled OS with weaker hardware i have never had it take that long to boot,could that be a sign the HDD was damaged?

 

If so what are some ways i can test to be for sure?

 

I already ran CrystalDiskInfo that said drive health was good,and i could not get CrystalDiskMark to start so i could not run it.

 

 

Are there any audible abnormal noises?

Is the disk fragmented?

[Ertman]

Off the top of my head.

Did crystaldiskinfo say anything about reallocated sectors and other sector errors? Could it be other components that are damaged leading to a slow boot?

Drive manufacturers often have tools that can be used to test drives.

If your not worried about the data on the drive, a full format or zeroing out the drive should bring up any errors in crystaldiskinfo not yet realized through just starting it up.

[trainergames]

Are there any audible abnormal noises?

Is the disk fragmented?

there is no noise,i am checking the fragmentation right now.

[trainergames]

Well i think it is dead now.... it was check to see how fragmented it was and,i heard a loud click and it disconnected,i tried agian to reconnect it and it said i needed to format the drive,then it clicked and disconnected agian.