Hard Drive Tests
When Server Diagnostics EFI starts, it performs a hardware existence test. All hard
drives found during this test can be tested individually using hard drive tests.
Test
Estimated completion time
Description
Full Read
2 hours for an 500 GB drive;
3 hours for a 1 TB drive
Performs a DMA full-read scan
at 1250 RPM. This checks the
entire hard drive for slow-read
failures.
Abbreviated Read
2 minutes
Performs a DMA scan at 1250
RPM. This checks the first 10 GB
of the hard drive for slow-read
failures.