looking for hard drive fitness utility that doesnt require floppy

[benjamit]

i have an old but never used ibm drive that needs testing but the utility that ibm provides requires a floppy and wont take any subsitutes, no zip, cdr, etc

i can boot into dos by the cdrom but where can i get the utility to test the drive?

ps- i got rid off all the floppy drives from my systems

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Can you make a win98 boot-cd using EZCDCreator or Nero and add the IBM utility to it? Once you boot to CD, run the drive test prog?(Exe. file?) Kinda guessing here, but maybe it would work.

 

[corkyg]

You have to put the Drive Fitness Test on a bootable CDR. It works.

 

[tart666]

seagate web test? Not sure if it only tests seagate drives, tho...

 

[benjamit]

i know i can put the test file on a cd but the test file is an exe zip file that makes a boot floppy/test prog combo

i cant just extract the test app without having a floppy

as it stands now i have to decompress the file, make the floppy, copy the test app from the floppy to a bootable cd, and then i can test the drive

i am wondering if theres a better more direct way