Storage HDD health check

Anyone have a link for a free HDD health check please. I have a problem when logging in as it hangs quite long when starting up so I think it might be the hard drive

 

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/tophddiag.htm

though have you checked what programs are loading on start up? It sounds like the number of startup programs might be too great.

 

There is a freeware version of SSDLife that will give you a health check AFAIK. A quick google for it will sort you out. Hope this helps

 

Try the free trial of hdtune pro will give you all the info you need
http://www.hdtune.com/

 

Also as phoenixck says check startup programs , one may be hanging , also give it a good derag ( i find windows defrag is still the best and have tried many over the years , takes ages though , so do it over night) , and possibly download and run ccleaner , may also help.

 

I read that Acronis has free edition for western digital, seagate and maxtor which are downloadable on their support site. Give it a try.

 

Thanks guys. I got hddlife in the end. It said the drive is perfect. Will do a fresh install when I go on Holiday on Friday.
Tried ccleaner still no joy, I even thought it might be the mobo. Think I might get a new one as the rpm on CPU2 fan does not seem to be reading that good always in the red. Might just get the gene V.