Apps similar to MediaTester include H2testw, which is free. Other options are F3, ValiDrive, CapacityTester and Quick Disk Test. In total there are nine Benchmark Tools like MediaTester for Windows, Linux and Mac.
Data integrity test for USB sticks and other media
An advantage over other tools is, that it does not need administrative rights to access the device - but it should not be NTFS formatted, as it does not allow to test everything.
You can FAT32 format hard drive partitions large.
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F3 is an open source command-line tool that assesses the real capacity of USB sticks and other media. An advantage over other tools is, that it does not need administrative rights to access the device.
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Quickly spot-check any USB mass storage drive for fraudulent deliberately missing storage.
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Tool to test a USB drive or memory card to find out if it's a fake. The tool performs a simple test to determine if the full capacity is usable or not. All it does is fill the volume with test data and verify if the data on the volume is correct.
Quick Disk Test fills a disk with test data and verifies that it can be read back without errors.
Reads disk files or directories and stops on the first read error.
There are two versions: a command-line perl script and a Java GUI.
Flash card/drive tester allows testing of any removable media including SD, MMC, CF, USB flash pen drives for bad or unstable sectors. Especially useful for testing for fake sizes often seen on low quality USB pen drives.
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Tests USB Flash drives and Flash memory SD cards to determine if they are fake (not full capacity). Much quicker than H2testw.
A counterfeit memory card is a small, genuine card whose controller chip has been programmed to report a much bigger size. Anything written past its real capacity either wraps back over earlier data or simply vanishes, which is why photos and videos silently corrupt weeks after...
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