HDD Guardian provides a Windows front-end for smartctl, a utility which monitors your hard drive(s) and SSD(s) for health status, taking advantage of S.M.AR.T.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows




CheckDrive is described as 'Warns you before you lose all your data! Never be surprised by a hard drive failure again! Shows you the health status of your plates Informs you in case of problems' and is a hard disk diagnostic tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to CheckDrive for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, MS-DOS and BSD apps. The best CheckDrive alternative is CrystalDiskInfo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CheckDrive are GSmartControl, Hard Disk Sentinel, HD Tune and Victoria.
HDD Guardian provides a Windows front-end for smartctl, a utility which monitors your hard drive(s) and SSD(s) for health status, taking advantage of S.M.AR.T.




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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


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