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Downloads:

2,393

Downloads of v 1.29:

453

Last Update:

18 Apr 2016

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Western Digital

Tags:

western digital we data lifeguard hdd diagnostic dlgdiag windlg

Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows (Install)

This is not the latest version of Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows (Install) available.

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1.29 | Updated: 18 Apr 2016

Downloads:

2,393

Downloads of v 1.29:

453

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Western Digital

Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows (Install) 1.29

This is not the latest version of Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows (Install) available.

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All Checks are Passing

3 Passing Tests


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Passed

Details

Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

Details
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade data-lifeguard-diagnostic.portable -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'1.29'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade data-lifeguard-diagnostic.portable -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'1.29'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install data-lifeguard-diagnostic.portable
  win_chocolatey:
    name: data-lifeguard-diagnostic.portable
    version: '1.29'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'data-lifeguard-diagnostic.portable' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '1.29'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller data-lifeguard-diagnostic.portable
{
    Name     = "data-lifeguard-diagnostic.portable"
    Version  = "1.29"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'data-lifeguard-diagnostic.portable':
  ensure   => '1.29',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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NOTE

This package is likely a meta/virtual (*) or an installer (*.install) or portable (*.portable) application package.

  • Meta/virtual (*) - has a dependency on the *.install or the *.portable package - it is provided for discoverability and for other packages to take a dependency on.
  • Portable (*.portable/*.commandline (deprecated naming convention)/*.tool (deprecated naming convention)) - usually zips or archives that require no administrative access to install.
  • Install (*.install/*.app (deprecated naming convention)) - uses native installers, usually requires administrative access to install.

Learn more about chocolatey's distinction of installed versus portable apps and/or learn about this kind of package.

Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator ferventcoder on 18 Apr 2016.

Description

alt text

This is a Windows version of the Data LifeGuard Diagnostics. It will test WD internal and external drives. In additional, it can provide you with the model and serial of WD drives attached to the system.
Supported Operating Systems

Windows 10
Windows 8 32/64-bit versions
Windows 7 32/64-bit versions
Windows Vista 32/64 bit versions
Windows XP 32/64-bit versions

Instructions

  1. Download the Windows Data Lifeguard Diagnostics, .zip
  2. Extract and run the program, WinDlg.exe. (Chocolatey does this for you!) If running Windows Vista (or later), you will need to Right-Click on the WinDlg.exe file and choose to Run As Administrator.
  3. Read and accept the license agreement to continue.
  4. On the main program screen, there are two windows. In the top window, you will see the drives in your system that are available for testing. The model number, serial number, capacity, and SMART status of each drive will be displayed. In the bottom window, the partition information for the selected drive will be displayed.
  5. Highlight the drive and select the icon on the top row to test or run SMART status.
  6. When you select the run tests icon, the "DLGDIAG - Select an Option" window appears.
  7. You will see the following options:
  • QUICK TEST - performs SMART drive quick self-test to gather and verify the Data Lifeguard information contained on the drive.
  • EXTENDED TEST - performs a Full Media Scan to detect bad sectors. Test may take several hours to complete depending on the size of the drive.
  • WRITE ZEROS - writes zeros to the drive with options of Full Erase and Quick Erase. File system and data will be lost.
  • VIEW TEST RESULT - displays the latest test results.
  1. Select the test you wish to perform and click the Start button.
  2. When the test completes, you will be notified with a pass/fail message. Click the Close button.

PACKAGING NOTE: If you want to install this program, you will find a setup program in the tools directory where this has been extracted. It does nothing more than copy the files to your Program Files directory and make the same icons. You will loose the ability to silenty uninstall the program.


tools\chocolateyinstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$packageName= 'data-lifeguard-diagnostic.portable' 
$toolsDir   = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$url        = 'http://download.wdc.com/windlg/WinDlg_v1_29.zip'

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = $packageName
  unzipLocation = $toolsDir
  fileType      = 'ZIP' 
  url           = $url
}

Install-ChocolateyZipPackage @packageArgs
Install-ChocolateyShortcut -shortcutFilePath "$env:Public\Desktop\Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows.lnk" -targetPath "$toolsDir\WinDlg.exe" -WorkingDirectory "$toolsDir"
Install-ChocolateyShortcut -shortcutFilePath "$env:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows.lnk" -targetPath "$toolsDir\WinDlg.exe" -WorkingDirectory "$toolsDir"
tools\chocolateyuninstall.ps1
$packageName = 'data-lifeguard-diagnostic.portable'

Uninstall-ChocolateyZipPackage
remove-item "$env:Public\Desktop\Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows.lnk" -Force -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue'
remove-item "$env:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows.lnk" -Force -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue'


Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows (Install) 1.31 755 Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Approved
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows (Install) 1.29.20161009 488 Sunday, October 9, 2016 Approved
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows (Install) 1.29 453 Monday, April 18, 2016 Approved

This package has no dependencies.

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