DFT supports testing of hard disk drives, which were not manufactured by either Hitachi or IBM. Due to vendor specific design parameters the depth of testing, which will be carried out on these non-Hitachi/IBM, drives will be less than that performed on the Hitachi and IBM drives.

Should DFT detect a problem with the drive, you will be presented with a result screen similar to that below. The recommendation is that you obtain a test utility specific to your drive from your drive manufacturer or your system supplier. Use this utility (if one is available) to re-test your drive, these utilities may also provide information, which you will require should you need to replace the drive under warranty.

Running the Erase Disk, Erase MBR or Partial Sector Repair functions on non-Hitachi/IBM disk drives is not supported by DFT. The screen below will be displayed if you attempt to run any of these functions on a non-IBM hard disk drive.