CheckDisk AlternativesHard Disk Recovery Tools and other similar apps like CheckDisk

CheckDisk is described as 'Detects and repairs disk errors, scans for and marks bad sectors, supports hard drives, SCSI, RAID, removable and optical media, and offers standard or full sector checks' and is a hard disk recovery tool in the os & utilities category. There are five alternatives to CheckDisk for Windows. The best CheckDisk alternative is HD Tune, which is free. Other great apps like CheckDisk are Macrorit Disk Scanner, chkdsk, Microsoft ScanDisk and SORA L1/L2.

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Detects and repairs disk errors, scans for and marks bad sectors, supports hard drives, SCSI, RAID, removable and optical...

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CheckDisk alternatives page was last updated Jun 10, 2025
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  1. HD Tune icon

    HD Tune

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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!.

    52 HD Tune alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    HD Tune screenshot 1

    HD Tune Features

    1.  Linear read benchmark per drive offset
    2.  Read latency benchmark per drive offset
    3.  Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
    4.  Hardware Monitoring
    5.  Quick/slow surface scan
    6.  Temperature Monitoring

    HD Tune VS CheckDisk

     

    • HD Tune is the most popular Windows alternative to CheckDisk.

    • HD Tune is the most popular free alternative to CheckDisk.

    • HD Tune is Freemium and ProprietaryCheckDisk is Free and Proprietary
  2. Macrorit Disk Scanner icon

    Macrorit Disk Scanner

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Macrorit Disk Scanner screenshot 1

    Macrorit Disk Scanner Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Disk Maintenance
    3.  Hardware Monitoring

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  4. chkdsk icon

    chkdsk

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    A command line tool to check for errors on and repair ntfs filesystems.

    8 chkdsk alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    chkdsk running in cmd

    chkdsk Features

    1.  Disk Maintenance

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    • chkdsk is the most popular commercial alternative to CheckDisk.

    • chkdsk is Paid and ProprietaryCheckDisk is Free and Proprietary
  5. Microsoft ScanDisk icon

    Microsoft ScanDisk

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    ScanDisk is a utility in MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows systems which checks and repairs file systems and bad clusters on the hard drive. It was introduced in MS-DOS version 6.2. Previous versions of MS-DOS supplied only the simpler, purely text-based program .

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    On Windows 98
    Discontinued

    Replaced by chkdsk icon chkdsk

    Microsoft ScanDisk Features

    1.  Filesystem

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  6. SORA L1/L2 icon

    SORA L1/L2

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    SORA is a next-generation diagnostics and recovery platform for HDDs and SSDs. It supports deep-level drive inspection, simultaneous multi-drive testing, and time-optimized scan routines. Designed with SSD-specific characteristics in mind, SORA can analyze wear levels...

    50 SORA L1/L2 alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Windows
    stat - full - scan for SSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Recover Corrupted Files
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Portable
    5.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    6.  Encrypted Backup
    7.  Photo Recovery
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Blockchain
    10.  AI-Powered
    11.  WEB3
    12.  Disk Maintenance

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