HDD GURU FORUMS

how can i test the drives ide 2.5'' for notebook without waiting so much at pc's ( with HDDScan ) how can i know if that drives is clean and work with operating systems,without bad sectors or something else ? i have drives like Hitachi / Seagate / western Digital with 80 GB capacity with IDE interface .
Thanks

Have a read of this thread, where it's been discussed already: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32170&start=0