Drive Genius Alternatives

Drive Genius is described as 'Hard drive utility that speeds up, cleans up and optimizes your Mac' and is a Defrag tool in the os & utilities category. There are eight alternatives to Drive Genius for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Haiku apps. The best Drive Genius alternative is TestDisk, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Drive Genius are WinExt Free, DriveDx, DiskWarrior and iDefrag.

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  1. TestDisk icon

    TestDisk

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    Recovers lost partitions, repairs non-booting or damaged disks, restores deleted partition tables, supports FAT, NTFS, ext, and exFAT file systems, operates via command-line, converts dynamic disks to basic, runs cross-platform without installation.

    144 TestDisk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    • TestDisk is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Drive Genius.

    • TestDisk is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Drive Genius.

    • TestDisk is Free and Open SourceDrive Genius is Paid and Proprietary
    • TestDisk is LightweightDrive Genius is not according to our users
  2. WinExt Free icon

    WinExt Free

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    Powerful Win utilities: fix registry, clean junk, protect privacy, optimize system, quick launch, find duplicates, folder size, see more recent resources, activity monitor, batch operation, synchronization, disable context menus, skip UAC, trace file.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. DriveDx icon

    DriveDx

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    DriveDx is advanced drive health diagnostic and monitoring utility. Unlike most drive utilities, DriveDx does not only monitor the drive’s built-in S.M.A.R.T. status, but also analyzes the changes of all drive health indicators that are closely related to HDD or SSD failures...

    41 DriveDx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • DriveDx is the most popular commercial alternative to Drive Genius.

    • DriveDx is Paid and ProprietaryDrive Genius is also Paid and Proprietary
  5. DiskWarrior icon

    DiskWarrior

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    DiskWarrior is the safest, most technologically advanced, most powerful utility to eliminate directory damage and recover your files, folders and documents. DiskWarrior is so advanced it can even recover your data from a failing hard drive.

    127 DiskWarrior alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. iDefrag icon

    iDefrag

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    Over time, the operating system itself ends up scattered all over your disk.

    This, of course, doesn’t show up as fragmentation—after all, the files themselves are probably contiguous—but nevertheless, it takes your machine longer to start up, it takes programs longer to start, a.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. TechTool Pro icon

    TechTool Pro

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    Techtool Pro is a robust hardware diagnostic tool available for Macintosh.

    TechTool Pro utilizes full 64-bit compatibility to keep your Mac running at its best. With TechTool Pro you can test the sensors and fans on your Mac, along with the battery if you're using a Mac lap.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. OnTrack EasyRecovery icon

    OnTrack EasyRecovery

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    File Recovery and Repair software for data loss, data recovery, file repair and disk diagnostics. EasyRecovery repairs and restores lost data.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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