Disks Alternatives

Disks is described as 'A GNOME utility for dealing with storage devices' and is a hard disk diagnostic tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Disks for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com. The best alternative is balenaEtcher, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Disks are CrystalDiskInfo, CrystalDiskMark, GSmartControl and HD Tune.

Disks alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators but may also be Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools or Benchmark Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Disks.

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Disks

Free • Open Source
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Linux

A GNOME utility for dealing with storage devices.

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balenaEtcher
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
48 alternatives to balenaEtcher
balenaEtcher is a free and open-source image burner with support for Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux. It makes USB and SD card image burning as simple and fast as possible.
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balenaEtcher Features
1. PortablebalenaEtcher can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
User friendly
Graphical User Interface
Write ISO to SD card
Burn iso
Create bootable Image
Validated Burning
Material design
Electron based
Persistent Storage
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
CrystalDiskInfo
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Free • Open Source
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Windows
PortableApps.com
40 alternatives to CrystalDiskInfo
Open-source HDD/SSD utility for monitoring S.M.A.R.T. values, disk temperature and other information.
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CrystalDiskInfo Features
1. PortableCrystalDiskInfo can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightCrystalDiskInfo consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Hardware Monitoring
Terabytes Written (TBW) info
Selective Wipe
Multiple languages
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
Logging
CrystalDiskMark
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Free • Open Source
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Windows
PortableApps.com
42 alternatives to CrystalDiskMark
CrystalDiskMark is a small HDD benchmark utility for your hard drive that enable you to rapidly measure sequential and random read/write speeds.
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CrystalDiskMark Features
1. PortableCrystalDiskMark can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Configurable
GSmartControl
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Free • Open Source
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
33 alternatives to GSmartControl
Smartctl GUI that supports controlling hard drive Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting.
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GSmartControl Features
Temperature Monitoring
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
HD Tune
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Freemium • Proprietary
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Windows
58 alternatives to HD Tune
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!.
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HD Tune Features
Read latency benchmark per drive offset
Linear read benchmark per drive offset
Hardware Monitoring
Quick/slow surface scan
Temperature Monitoring
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
KDiskMark
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Free • Open Source
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Linux
17 alternatives to KDiskMark
A simple open-source disk benchmark tool for Linux distros.
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KDiskMark Features
Disk Monitoring
KDE
smartmontools
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Free • Open Source
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
27 alternatives to smartmontools
The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI harddisks.
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smartmontools Features
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
Cross Platform Disk Test
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
15 alternatives to Cross Platform Disk Test
Measuring storage performance (SSD, HDD, USB Flash etc.) and RAM speed across Windows, macOS, Linux and Android devices. Random and sequential throughput (read/write operations) is calculted in MB/s and can be compared in consistent and reliable manner between mobile and desktop...
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Cross Platform Disk Test Features
1. PortableCross Platform Disk Test can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
KDE ISO Image Writer
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
48 alternatives to KDE ISO Image Writer
Write an ISO Image to a USB Disk.

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GNU fdisk
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Free • Open Source
Partition Manager
Linux
9 alternatives to GNU fdisk
fdisk is a command-line utility that provides disk partitioning functions. It includes an ncurses disk partitioning utility called "cfdisk".
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GNU fdisk Features
Filesystem