Hard Drive Utility

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  1. Posts : 2,409
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    Hard Drive Utility


    What is the best hard drive diagnostics software? I already have WD Drive Uttilities but it is useless for my internal drive which is a Seagate. (I have a WD Passport too) I am thinking about HDTune. I am not getting CrystalDiskMark because it has the OpenCandy virus. It has to be one that does not interfere with antivirus. The reason I want one is because I want to continuously diagnose my 5 year old hard drive.
    Last edited by Computer0304; 11 Oct 2013 at 18:24. Reason: Just because just because
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  2. Posts : 1,686
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    I use HD Sentinal. It has saved my neck at least three times and twice in the last month warning about impending hard drive failure (Thanks Seagate). It is a paid program but sometimes there are offers or give-aways. The author responds to questions. Website Hard Disk Sentinel - HDD health and temperature monitoring
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  3. Posts : 1,261
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    Indianatone said:
    I use HD Sentinal. It has saved my neck at least three times and twice in the last month warning about impending hard drive failure (Thanks Seagate). It is a paid program but sometimes there are offers or give-aways. The author responds to questions. Website Hard Disk Sentinel - HDD health and temperature monitoring
    You beat me to it.
    I downloaded it about 3 weeks ago and find it invaluable.

    The version I use is free.
    http://www.hdsentinel.com/hard_disk_sentinel.php
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  4. Posts : 2,409
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    How about SeaTools and HDTune?
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  5. Posts : 1,261
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    Computer0304 said:
    How about SeaTools and HDTune?
    I used Seatools in the past and found it totally useless.
    I ran it and it said "healthy" but Acronis Drive Monitor warned me of impending failure.

    Three days later, the hdd (Seagate) failed - luckily I had a full backup.

    Download disk imaging utilities, data backup and recovery tools, HDD managers and multibooting software for home PCs

    Hdsentinel and Acronis Drive Monitor are about the only ones I currently use on a consistent basis.
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  6. Posts : 2,409
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    HDTune? I heard that someone once got a virus from getting hdsentinal from cnet.
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  7. Posts : 1,261
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    It is not a virus- just addition of a lot of crap.
    To avoid it, check "custom" and uncheck all the crap that they want to give you - Changing home page, adding toolbars, etc.
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  8. Posts : 2,409
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    But how about HDTune?????!?!?!?!?!???
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  9. Posts : 1,261
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    I use it but not too often.
    Acronis drive Monitor and Hdsentinel should do you fine.

    Hdsentinel sits on your desktop (by the clock) and monitors temps constantly,
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    Computer0304 said:
    What is the best hard drive diagnostics software? I already have WD Drive Uttilities but it is useless for my internal drive which is a Seagate. (I have a WD Passport too) I am thinking about HDTune. I am not getting CrystalDiskMark because it has the OpenCandy virus. It has to be one that does not interfere with antivirus. The reason I want one is because I want to continuously diagnose my 5 year old hard drive.
    You might have thought about CrystalDiskInfo instead which is monitoring hard drives.

    If you take the Portable Edition (Zip) you'll not get any ads in it.

    Once extracted you can launch DiskInfo.exe direct from the folder of the CrystalDiskInfo 5.6.2.
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