Linux Bootable USB to check hard drive status

[babadoctor]

Is there a small disk image(~200 megabytes) that i can burn to a usb and boot from to check the life/status of my hard drive?

[it_dont_work]

http://gparted.org/livecd.php

 

Gparted

[Master Disaster]

31 minutes ago, it_dont_work said:

http://gparted.org/livecd.php

 

Gparted

Gparted is a partition editor, AFAIK it has no way of checking HDD health.

 

OP, get hirens boot CD.

[it_dont_work]

35 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Gparted is a partition editor, AFAIK it has no way of checking HDD health.

 

OP, get hirens boot CD.

Smarttools is built into Gparted last I checked, and has been on all the live cds I've got. Also the gnome disk utility usually has a health monitor.

 

Given I didn't specifically say I meant gparted live.

[kw10001]

Another vote for gparted live http://gparted.org/liveusb.php

 

Puppy and slax are also options

[ChaoQueen]

Umm, if you're just looking for a tiny usb bootable linux OS then http://damnsmalllinux.org/ should work.

[Master Disaster]

8 minutes ago, it_dont_work said:

Smarttools is built into Gparted last I checked, and has been on all the live cds I've got. Also the gnome disk utility usually has a health monitor.

 

Given I didn't specifically say I meant gparted live.

Fair enough, I was unaware. TBH I've never used a Gparted live CD, only ever used it from Ubuntu.

 

In that case OP +1 for Gparted from me too.

[it_dont_work]

@babadoctor@Master Disaster , Hirens is still a very good option and has a lot of useful utilities built in for other purposes

 

I'm just used to using other utilities and haven't really used Hirens.

[Master Disaster]

1 minute ago, it_dont_work said:

@babadoctor@Master Disaster , Hirens is still a very good option and has a lot of useful utilities built in for other purposes

 

I'm just used to using other utilities and haven't really used Hirens.

Doesn't hirens also have the Gparted live CD option built in? Either way Gparted would be better as its smaller than Hirens which has grown to be pretty big over the years.

[it_dont_work]

2 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Doesn't hirens also have the Gparted live CD option built in?

Probably there's a lot on it