Hard Disk Utilities
Hard drives are one of the most important components of a computer. Without them, we wouldn’t be able to save anything, not even the operating system. Of course, this means we should do everything we can to maintain them. When something goes wrong, however, that’s where these utilities, such as TestDisk, come into play.
Open-source HDD/SSD utility for monitoring S.M.A.R.T. values, disk temperature and other information.
- Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
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Analyze disk space usage with in-depth insights and interactive visualizations across local and network drives, including mobile devices.
- Disk Usage Analyzer
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
+5Manage partitions with MBR/GPT conversion, NTFS/FAT32 support, and robust data recovery on 32/64 bit Windows. Free Edition available for users.
- Partition Manager
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
+13Inspect, format, and partition disks with ease. Monitor health and configure RAID, while providing encryption and seamless integration into Linux systems.
- Partition Manager
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- GNOME
iStat is a series of system monitor apps. It's available in different versions: iStat Menus, iStat for iOS and iStat Server as a companion application to the iStat for iOS app that lets you remotely monitor your computers (free for Windows and Mac).
- System Information Utility
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- iPhone
+1With DaisyDisk you can free up disk space by quickly finding and deleting big, useless files. The program scans any mounted disk and displays it on the sunburst map, where segments mean files and folders, proportionally to their sizes. The map is easy to read and navigate.
- Disk Usage Analyzer
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
+2Locks down computer settings and data, restoring original state upon reboot, for total change prevention, data protection and asset control.
- System Restore Tool
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
The Parted Magic OS employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, and ddrescue) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user.
- Partition Manager
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Linux
+2Macrorit Disk Partition Expert Free Edition is powerful free partition software allows you to extend partition (especially for system partition), settle low disk space problem, manage disk space easily on MBR and GUID partition table (GPT) disk.
- Partition Manager
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Windows
RollBack Rx client is a system restore utility that enables home users and IT professionals to easily restore a PC to a time before certain events occurred.
- System Restore Tool
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
+14Reliable partitioning tool to create, resize, copy, and format partitions. Advanced features include merging and redistributing space with no data loss.
- Partition Manager
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
Disk Utility is the name of a utility created by Apple for performing disk-related tasks in Mac OS X. These tasks include:
- Partition Manager
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
HDD Regenerator is a unique program for regeneration of physically damaged hard disk drives. It does not hide bad sectors, it really restores them!.
- Hard Disk Recovery Tool
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
Samsung Magician software is designed to help you manage your Samsung SSD with a simple, intuitive user interface. Download files and find supported models.
- Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
SuperDuper makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup painless. Its incredibly clear, friendly interface is understandable, easy to use, and its built-in scheduler makes it trivial to back up automatically.
- Disk Cloning Tool
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac