Diskovery Alternatives
Diskovery is described as 'collects and displays the details of data storage facilities of the computer, including its physical drives, disk arrays, partitions, volumes and mount points' and is an app in the OS & Utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Diskovery for Windows, Mac, Linux, PortableApps.com and MS-DOS. The best alternative is CrystalDiskInfo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Diskovery are HD Tune (Freemium), Hard Disk Sentinel (Paid), HDDScan (Free) and MHDD (Free).
- CrystalDiskInfo is a HDD/SSD utility software which supports S.M.A.R.T. It shows the health status much more clearly than similar tools. The "Function / Graph" is especially interesting for the "Reallocated Sectors Count".
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
- 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!.
- SSD and HDD health monitoring and analysis utility for diagnosing and repairing hard drive issues.
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Linux
- MS-DOS
- HDDScan is a freeware utility for storage devices diagnostics (HDD, RAID, Flash). The program can scan storage device for bad blocks, show S.M.A.R.T. attributes and change some HDD parameters such as AAM, APM, etc.
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- 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).
Discontinued
Last version 4.6 was released in 2005. See http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/mhdd_changelog.en.html
- PassMark DiskCheckup allows the user to monitor the SMART attributes of a particular hard disk drive. SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a feature on a computer's hard disk for providing various monitoring indicators of disk reliability.
- StableBit Scanner is a state of the art disk health monitoring tool. - Monitors the SMART data of your disks, and presents them in an easy to read, meaningful way. - Lists detailed information about your disk, including the connection type, bus speed, and supported features.
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- HDDExpert gives you a crystal-clear vision of your Hard Drive (HDD or SSD) health and performance and translates S.M.A.R.T. attributes into readable indication.
- Hard Drive Inspector is a powerful, effective and easy-to-use program that monitors hard drive health. In many cases it is able to warn the user about forthcoming disk failure in advance, thus preventing information loss.
- Active@ Hard Disk Monitor is a disk utility that checks and monitors the status of your hard drives to help prevent data loss. The system is based on the Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.).
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows