What Is Surface Test? How to Do Disk Surface Test HDD/SSD on Windows 10

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Updated on Apr 28, 2025

With the disk coming into increasing use, bad sectors will appear, and there will be more and more. The data stored in a bad sector may be corrupted or lost. How to know if there are bad sectors in the hard drive? You can make a surface test with a well-designed disk surface test tool.

What Is a Disk Surface Test?

A surface test is a scan of a hard drive (HDD or SSD) for bad sectors. Disk surface test does what it implies - it scans the hard disk surface, checks bad sectors, and marks bad sectors so that the computer knows they will not be used in the future. 

EaseUS Partition Master comes to help with its Surface Test feature. It can identify bad sectors by reviewing the hard drive. When it finds bad sectors, it will mark those sectors with red color so that the system knows not to use them.

This partition manager software allows the bad sectors to be read, the data stored on the bad sector is still accessible, but they cannot be written to.

Key Features of EaseUS Partition Master:

• Devices Supported: Internal/external hard drive, SD card, USB drive, HDDs, SSDs, etc.
• Compatibility: Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/Vista
• Interface: Clear and easy to use for beginners

How to Do Disk Surface Test on Windows 10/11

Free download EaseUS Partition Master on your computer, then follow the steps below to perform a surface test and check hard drive for bad sectors.

If there are many bad sectors on your disk, and you want to migrate OS to SSD or HDD, you can also use EaseUS partition tool to help you make it with ease.

Step 1. Open EaseUS Partition Master. Go to Toolkit and select "Bad Sector Scan."

Step 2. Tick "Scan Disk" and choose the target disk from the drop-down menu.

Step 3. Click "Scan" to apply the bad sector scaning process.

It's Simple to Make Surface Test with EaseUS Partition Master

EaseUS Partition Master provides the simplest solution for performing a hard disk surface test in one click. This all-in-one disk management tool makes it easy to partition HDD/SSD to improve system performance. 

• Transfer free disk space from one drive to another directly, such as move space from D drive to C drive.
• Resize/move partitions, create, format, delete, and merge partitions.
• Copy and clone an entire disk to another even the target partition is smaller than the source.
• Convert a logical partition to primary or primary partition to logical, FAT to NTFS partition, MBR disk to GPT, or GPT disk to MBR.
• Completely wipe out all the data on the hard disk to prevent information from being leaked or recovered.
• Run HDD benchmark test to evaluate the computer performance.

Conclusion

Disk surface testing is the most effective way to detect bad sectors on a disk. In this article, EaseUS Partition Master can scan and locate bad sectors on a disk. If your disk has bad sectors, it will mark them in red and diagnose your disk condition. If this article helps you, don't forget to share this article and let more users know about the EaseUS surface test software.

FAQs About Surface Test

Do you know how to check if your hard drive has bad sectors now? If you still have questions, please continue reading.

1. How do you run a surface test on an SSD?

To run a surface test on an SSD using EaseUS Partition Master, follow these steps:

1. Open EaseUS Partition Master on your computer. In the main interface, right-click on the SSD you want to test.
2. From the context menu, select "Surface Test." The surface test will begin immediately. EaseUS Partition Master will scan the entire drive surface and mark any bad sectors it finds in red.
3. Wait for the test to complete. The duration depends on the size of your SSD and its read speed. Once finished, you'll see the surface test results, with any bad sectors highlighted in red.

2. Is Hard Disk Sentinel a free surface test software?

No, Hard Disk Sentinel is not a free surface test software. The free trial version doesn't allow users to run a disk surface test. The Professional version costs around $33.

3. Can I continue using the hard drive if there are bad sectors?

Yes, but bad sectors tend to increase over time, potentially leading to more data loss and eventual drive failure. So you can continue using a hard drive with a few bad sectors, but it's not recommended for long-term use or storing important data.