The Victoria utility included in Hiren’s Bootable CD is a powerful tool for diagnosing and testing hard drives—especially useful when you’re dealing with slow performance, bad sectors, or potential drive failure.

🔍 What Victoria Does

• Scans for bad sectors on your hard drive.
• Measures read/write speed and access times.
• Provides detailed SMART data (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology).
• Can perform surface tests to detect physical damage.
• Offers low-level diagnostics that go beyond what Windows tools typically show.

🛠️ How to Use It in Hiren’s BootCD

1. Boot from Hiren’s USB/CD into Windows PE.
2. Navigate to the Hard Disk Tools section.
3. Launch Victoria (usually the Windows GUI version).
4. Select your drive and choose the type of scan (e.g., read, write, erase).
5. Monitor the results—red blocks indicate bad sectors, green/yellow are healthy or slow.

⚠️ Tips

• Use read-only scans if you’re just checking for issues and don’t want to risk data loss.
• If you see lots of red blocks or slow response times, consider backing up your data ASAP.
• Victoria is especially handy for older drives or when SMART data isn’t conclusive.