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Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Testing

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Note  This content applies to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK). For the latest information using the new Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK), see Windows HCK User's Guide on the Windows Hardware Dev Center.

Note  You must use the latest version of the WLK to compile your driver for it to pass testing and obtain a logo.

The procedures in this section describe how to test a hard disk drive for correct functionality with the Microsoft Windows operating system. These procedures use the Microsoft Windows Logo Kit (WLK) and Driver Test Manager (DTM). To ensure the full functionality of the device, you must run all of the tests that DTM identifies as required for the device. If your product provides bus-specific support, you must run the appropriate bus-specific tests in addition to the standard tests.

Using the Test Procedure Help Topics

Note  This content applies to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK). For the latest information using the new Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK), see Windows HCK User's Guide on the Windows Hardware Dev Center.

The test procedures are divided into the following types of topics:

Preparing: The preparing topics describe how to configure the system or systems for Windows logo testing.

Running: The running topics describe how to run the tests for your device or system.

Troubleshooting: The troubleshooting section provides information to help you diagnose failures, warnings, and errors that occur with the test.

Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Tests

Note  This content applies to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK). For the latest information using the new Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK), see Windows HCK User's Guide on the Windows Hardware Dev Center.

The tests that you must run depend on the capabilities of the device or system that you are testing. The following table contains all of the tests that might be required for your test device.

PATA Fibre Channel IEEE 1394 PC CARD SAS SATA SCSI USB
Disk Verification X X X X X X X X
SMART test utility X
Disk Stress X X X X X X X X
Syscache Test X X X X X X X X
System - Sleep Stress with IO X
System - Common Scenario Stress with IO X X X
Run INFTest against a single INF X X X X X X X X
Hybrid Hard Disk Drive Logo Test X
SCSI Compliance test X X X
SCSI Compliance Test 2.0 (LOGO) X X X X
Device Fundamental Tests X X X X X X X X
1394 Configuration ROM Test X
CardBus Card Configuration Space Register test X
CardBus Card Common Silicon Guidelines test X
CardBus Bridge Power Management Register Test X
SATA IO Sig Test X
USB Address Description Test X
USB Descriptor Test X
USB Device Control Requests Test X
USB Device Framework (CV) Test X
USB Enumeration Stress Test X
USB Selective Suspend X
USB Serial Number X
USB Specification Compliance X
USB Isochronous Alternate Interface Presence X
USB HIDView (CV) Test X
USB System Suspend Resume Test X
USB Enable Disable Test X
USB Driver Level Re-Enumeration Test X
USB-IF Test Certification ID Check X
Trim Test X
Storage Assessment Test X X
Enhanced Storage Logo Test* X
IFS Test X X X X X X X X
Non-rotating Media Test X X

 

* Run this test if the device is an Enhanced Storage class device.

Run Time

Note  This content applies to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK). For the latest information using the new Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK), see Windows HCK User's Guide on the Windows Hardware Dev Center.

Approximately 4 days.

Note  Disk verification takes 3 days to finish.

 

 

Build date: 9/14/2012