ML 350 G5 how to check HDDs w/o OS installed

[Markward Franz]

Hi,

is it possible to check the harddrives before installing any OS? Seatools isnt able to detect the drives, is guess due to the controller, the drives are attached to... I was wondering if there's any diagnosis tool/cd from hp?

thanks
Markward

[Cederberg · Accepted solution]

Hi!

Yes there are a diagnostic function on the Smartstart CD that can make a few harddrive tests and many other nice tests

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=1121586&prodNameId=3279711&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-354e5e1165084fde93176e688d

[Markward Franz]

thanks for that information. i wasn't sure, what that smartstart cd was for anyhow. thanks =)

[Markward Franz]

I'm going to use the smartstart CD to check the server HDDs.