HDDScan Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to HDDScan for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is CrystalDiskInfo, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to HDDScan and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to HDDScan are GSmartControl, HD Tune, Hard Disk Sentinel and Victoria.

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  1. CrystalDiskInfo icon
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    Open-source utility for monitoring S.M.A.R.T. data, disk temperature and more. Offers portable use, dark mode, no ads or tracking, and supports 30+ languages. Designed to provide an accurate health status and includes features such as temporary file deletion and file recovery options.

    43 CrystalDiskInfo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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  2. GSmartControl icon
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    GSmartControl provides a GUI for smartctl from smartmontools, allowing users to monitor and control SMART data on hard drives. It supports health inspection, runs diagnostic tests, and warns about potential drive failures, ensuring maintenance and optimal disk performance.

    33 GSmartControl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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  3. HD Tune icon
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    HD Tune is a hard disk / SSD utility with many functions. It can be used to measure the drive's performance, scan for errors, check the health status (S.M.A.R.T.), securely erase all data and more!.

    55 HD Tune alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Provides advanced monitoring for HDDs and SSDs with S.M.A.R.T. diagnostics, predicts hardware failures, schedules automatic backups, benchmarks drive performance, logs temperatures, repairs disk errors, supports tests, notifications, and multi-drive configurations.

    30 Hard Disk Sentinel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MS-DOS
     
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  5. Victoria icon
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    Victoria is a small application designed to assess performance, test and perform minor repairs to your IDE drive and SATA HDD. It's designed primarily for HDD repairmen in stationary conditions and is not intended to test the system hard drive.

    25 Victoria alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Macrorit Disk Scanner is a third party disk surface portable tool for scan disk bad sectors which provides you with better options and better performance than Windows native disk scanner.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. MHDD icon
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    MHDD is the most popular freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics.

    MHDD supports these interfaces: IDE, Serial ATA, SCSI. Also there is a possibility to access an USB storage, there are drivers for emulation (USB->SCSI).

    This software can make precise diagnostic of the.

    22 MHDD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Diskovery icon
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    Diskovery collects and displays the details of data storage facilities of the computer, including its physical drives, disk arrays, partitions, volumes and mount points.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. HDAT2 icon
     15 likes

    HDAT2 is program for test or diagnostics of ATA/ATAPI/SATA, SSD, USB and SCSI devices.

    22 HDAT2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Argus Monitor icon
     14 likes

    Monitoring temperatures and status of system components such as CPU, GPU and hard disk drive, fan speeds

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. SeaTools icon
     10 likes

    SeaTools is a diagnostic tool that helps you determine the condition of the disk drive in your external hard drive, desktop or laptop computer.

    30 SeaTools alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. DHE DriveInfo icon
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    DHE DriveInfoshows HDD information: Manufacturer, Product ID, Serialnumber, Firmware, ATA-Standard, BUS Info (S-ATA 150/300/600, P-ATA, USB, SCSI), Size, Buffer Size, Rotation Rate, Formfactor, Features, AAM, APM, Master Boot Record, Disk ID, Bootloader

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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