4.4.2. Short Self-test

Stellar Drive Monitor allows you to perform a Short Self-test to quickly check the electrical and mechanical performance along with the read/write operations on a portion of the disk. The Short Self-test randomly scans a segment of the disk, providing a quick assessment that typically takes only a few minutes to complete.

Note: Short Self-test feature is not available for external storage devices such as USB drives, NVMe, Memory Cards etc.

Note: If your computer has multiple hard disks connected to it, you can select the desired drive from the drop-down list, located at the top-right of the user interface.

Steps to Perform a Short Self-test:

1. Run Stellar Drive Monitor.

2. Select a hard disk you want to scan from the drop-down list, located at the top-right of the user interface.

3. Select Scan Disk from the left pane of the user interface.

4. Three options to scan your disk, i.e., Scan Disk, Short Self-test, and Extended Self-test, will appear. Choose Short Self-test for a quick scan.

5. Short Self-test window appears with your selected disk's Model Number and Serial Number along with the Test Name and Status. Click Scan.

6. A progess bar shows the scanning process along with the percentage and remaning time of the test.  

Note: You can click Stop button if you wish to abort the scanning process. However, you will not be able to resume the scan from where you stopped.

7. After the Short Self-test is completed successfully the following screen appears with "Successfully Completed" status. 

Note: "Test failed by Read Element" status is displayed if Stellar Drive Monitor is unable to read any element of the disk.  

8. Navigate to the three options for scanning by clicking the Back button.

Note: You can re-initiate scanning multiple times from the same screen by clicking the scan button.