Western Digital Diags

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  1. Posts : 1,965
    win 7 X64 Ultimate SP1
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    Western Digital Diags


    Has anyone tried to use some WD's Diag software with Win 7 X64?

    Floppy disk maker:
    Wouldn't work.... continually complained because the floppy was write protected when in fact it wasn't. Tried numerous ploys to get around the error but in the end I failed. Even tried formating a floppy and copying the dlgdiag5.exe to it floppy booted fine the exe would not load.
    ISO for CD:
    Wouldnt work.....machine would boot up and show it was loading Caldera Dos but then would stop there with a blank screen. I would assume at this point that the exe file was at fault. Tried a couple different ploys on this to no avail.
    Diags for Win:
    Really had a hard time getting this to load into the system but was finally succesful. Yet when I invoked it the Window came up but when I tried any diag it returned a message that the sata cable was bad. Which can not be true.
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  2. Posts : 1,083
    Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit
       #2

    HammerHead said:
    Has anyone tried to use some WD's Diag software with Win 7 X64?

    Floppy disk maker:
    Wouldn't work.... continually complained because the floppy was write protected when in fact it wasn't. Tried numerous ploys to get around the error but in the end I failed. Even tried formating a floppy and copying the dlgdiag5.exe to it floppy booted fine the exe would not load.
    ISO for CD:
    Wouldnt work.....machine would boot up and show it was loading Caldera Dos but then would stop there with a blank screen. I would assume at this point that the exe file was at fault. Tried a couple different ploys on this to no avail.
    Diags for Win:
    Really had a hard time getting this to load into the system but was finally succesful. Yet when I invoked it the Window came up but when I tried any diag it returned a message that the sata cable was bad. Which can not be true.
    Try running Seagate SeaTools. It's made for Seagate, but will work for any manufacturer's hard drive. Redirect
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  3. NoN
    Posts : 4,166
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 - x64 [Non-UEFI Boot]
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    [/QUOTE]

    Try running Seagate SeaTools. It's made for Seagate, but will work for any manufacturer's hard drive. Redirect[/QUOTE]

    There's also the Seagate Disk Wizard...http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD

    And the WD Disk Wizard...

    I find it always better (unless using such like Paragon or Acronis) to use the manufacturer tools...of your hard drive for basics tests & repairs.
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  4. Posts : 1,083
    Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit
       #4

    Yes but as he said, they weren't working. We're trying to find out why.
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  5. NoN
    Posts : 4,166
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 - x64 [Non-UEFI Boot]
       #5

    Should he try compatibility mode when install? WD's Diag software might not like x64
    Last edited by NoN; 26 Mar 2010 at 07:47. Reason: correcting
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  6. Posts : 1,083
    Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit
       #6

    Better yet, run as admin. It's fishy though because it wouldn't even run pre-boot using the burned ISO.
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  7. Posts : 1,114
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
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    HammerHead said:
    Has anyone tried to use some WD's Diag software with Win 7 X64?

    Floppy disk maker:
    Wouldn't work.... continually complained because the floppy was write protected when in fact it wasn't. Tried numerous ploys to get around the error but in the end I failed. Even tried formating a floppy and copying the dlgdiag5.exe to it floppy booted fine the exe would not load.
    ISO for CD:
    Wouldnt work.....machine would boot up and show it was loading Caldera Dos but then would stop there with a blank screen. I would assume at this point that the exe file was at fault. Tried a couple different ploys on this to no avail.
    Diags for Win:
    Really had a hard time getting this to load into the system but was finally succesful. Yet when I invoked it the Window came up but when I tried any diag it returned a message that the sata cable was bad. Which can not be true.
    I don't think you can run a dos prog in Win 7 and that's why it won't load
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  8. Posts : 1,083
    Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit
       #8

    If it's a DOS program, you need to run it outside of Windows with something like FreeDOS. But the ISO he burned should have worked and didn't.
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  9. Posts : 1,965
    win 7 X64 Ultimate SP1
    Thread Starter
       #9

    WD Diags


    Product Fred:
    The iso had Caldera dos in it. Caldera loaded on the boot but the screen went blank with no prompt or cursor. I am thinking this was because digdiag5.exe tried to load and could not.
    As for the program inside Win 7 X64. I did run it as admin but I did not try a compatability mode. Like I said I was succesful in getting it to come up in windows but any diag I tried it said the disk cable was bad.
    Now there floppy maker would not write to a floppy because it said it was write protected. There is nothing wrong with my floppies or the floppy drive. I have used it succesfully afterward to check it out.
    I inquired with WD and the answer was to download the files I already had. I dl'd again and will retry and let you know.
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  10. Posts : 1,083
    Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit
       #10

    Run everything as administrator and try compatibility mode as well.
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