HDD Testing tools

What make and model is your HDD.? and what issues are you having?

This would help greatly with a suggestion

Are you looking for performance/benchmark software or diagnostics?

If your just looking for performance than IOmeter is pretty simple:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/iometer/?source=directory

If your looking for diagnostics UBCD has alot of test and supports most HDDs. This would have to be ran from a live cd/usb:
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Can you tell us what problem are you trying to solve?
If you suspect your hdd is going bad, a simple utility is Crystal Disk Info. It will give you a lot of info about your hdd, and it will color code it's status: if it's red you need to backup data now and replace it, if it's yellow you should backup data now but can still use it for a while, if it's blue you're ok.

HTH,
Dan

Sorry, it is a Toshiba MK6465GSX

For Toshiba hdds you can use the Windows or DOS diagnostic tool from here: http://storage.toshiba.com/storage-services-support/warranty-support/software-utilities

Hi Dan, I have tried that a number of times, it doesnt work, I have seen other reports that it is temperamental.

OK, so what it is that you want to do?

Test the reliability of the drive

What about CrystalDiskMark3, is this any good? Is this up to Industry Standard?

http://www.hdtune.com/

Yes, it's good, but it won't give you reliability data, only benchmarks.
What Industry?

"industry standard" is a term used to describe a professional line of products

you said you had no luck - tell us what problem you have first!

all free diagnostics are without any label - for what i know
you can look at smart info of the drive
is it a normal drive, or an SSD - you never said what it was?

first i run the disk diagnostic for the drive brand -  long test
then i also use HDDRegenerator (not free) , before i put a disk again into service -  to check if all is well -
then i consider the drive in good health - if no errors were reported