Grading drives for resale
Sort incoming stock into sellable, risky and scrap in seconds per drive.
Drive Diagnostics
Drive Diagnostics Know Which Drives Are Worth Keeping
Wipora Erase Drive Diagnostics tells you whether a hard drive or SSD is healthy enough to resell in ten seconds or after a full surface scan. Choose the depth that matches the decision you are making. Every scan produces a report showing exactly what was tested, so a buyer sees the evidence rather than a pass badge. Run it from USB, over PXE, or across a fleet from the console.
At a glance
Drives
HDD · SSD · NVMe · SATA · SAS · USB drives
Three scan depths
~10 seconds · ~2 minutes · full surface scan
Evidence
A report that shows exactly what was tested
Who It Is For
Find your team below.
Pre-wipe screening
Find failing drives before spending two hours erasing something that belongs in the shredder.
Warranty and returns
Produce evidence of a drive's condition at the point it arrived.
Fleet health audits
Scan every drive across a site over the network and see the results in one dashboard.
What You Get
Three scan depths
Ten seconds, two minutes, or a full surface scan. Match the time spent to the value of the drive.
Reads the drive's own health data
Temperature, power-on hours, reallocated sectors and wear level, straight from the drive's SMART reporting.
Uses the drive's built-in self-test
Level 2 asks the drive's firmware to examine its own electronics and mechanics. The manufacturer's own test, not a guess from outside.
Full surface scan when it matters
Level 3 reads every sector to find bad areas the drive has not yet reported.
Batch scanning
Run multiple drives at once and compare results side by side.
Report shows the depth used
Buyers can see whether a drive passed a ten-second check or a full scan. The difference matters, so we print it.
Pay per drive
One drive, one licence.
Certifications & Compliance
Asset-disposal records
Supports asset-disposal documentation under ISO 27001 and R2 / e-Stewards recycling programmes by evidencing drive condition at the point of processing.
Open, standard tooling
Health assessment is based on the drive's own SMART reporting, read with the standard smartmontools and nvme-cli utilities rather than a proprietary black box.
How It Works
Boot
From USB, or over the network with PXE.
Pick a depth
Level 1, 2 or 3.
Scan
One drive or a batch.
Report
Download the PDF or sync it to the console.
Deploy It Your Way
USB drive
One machine at a time. Boot from USB, run the job, and save the report to the same drive. Scan one machine's drives or every drive across a site.
PXE network boot
Many machines at once, with no USB to carry. Machines boot from the network and appear in the console ready for work.
Central console
Issue jobs to networked machines and watch progress live. Reports come back to one place automatically.
Specifications
| Level 1 | ~10 seconds — SMART data: temperature, hours, reallocated sectors, wear level |
| Level 2 | ~2 minutes — drive firmware short self-test |
| Level 3 | Hours — extended self-test and every-sector surface scan |
| Flash / USB media | Device info and read check (L1), read benchmark (L2), full surface scan (L3) |
| Supported drives | HDD, SSD, NVMe, SATA, SAS, USB storage |
| Batch scanning | Yes |
| Deployment | Bootable USB · PXE network boot · central console |
| Licensing | Per drive |
| Reporting | PDF to local USB, plus cloud console sync |
One Platform Behind Every Product
The same software, the same reports, whichever product you license.
Multiple deployment options
Boot one machine from a USB drive, boot many at once over the network with PXE, or drive a whole fleet from the central console.
Cloud console
One dashboard for every machine, drive, report and certificate. Track what was processed, by whom and when, and manage licences across teams and sites.
Signed, verifiable reports
Every report is digitally signed. Scan the QR code on any certificate to confirm it is genuine — no login required.
Global wiping standards
IEEE 2883-2022 and NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 — the current revision — plus legacy patterns including DoD 5220.22-M, for policies that still name them.
Pay-per-drive licensing
One drive, one license. Buy what you need and use it when you need it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Know What Every Drive Is Worth
Try Drive Diagnostics on your own stock, or talk to us about volume.