HD Tune Alternatives for Windows
There are many alternatives to HD Tune for Windows if you are looking to replace it. The most popular Windows alternative is 
CrystalDiskInfo, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to HD Tune and loads of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to HD Tune are 
GSmartControl (Free, Open Source), 
CrystalDiskMark (Free, Open Source), 
UserBenchMark (Free) and 
Hard Disk Sentinel (Paid).
- This is a Windows version of the Data LifeGuard Diagnostics. It will test WD internal and external drives. View 29 alternatives to Data Lifeguard Diagnostic
- CCSIO Benchmark measures maximum sequential read/write speed that is realistically achievable for a given file system location, including local drives, remote network shares, virtual/pseudo devices such as RAM disks and encrypted file containers. View 13 alternatives to Cold-cache Sequential I/O Benchmark
- The aim of ViVARD is to examine the HDD to verify the integrity of each data sector and identify damaged or bad blocks. Compared to other programs, it has the main advantage to remap dead sectors. View 4 alternatives to ViVARDNo screenshots yet
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- Linux
- DiskMark is a small utility that allows you to benchmark your disks and hard drives performance. View 15 alternatives to DiskMark
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- SQLIO is a tool provided by Microsoft which can also be used to determine the I/O capacity of a given configuration. View 11 alternatives to SQLIO
Discontinued
Replaced by Microsoft's open source utility Diskspd. See Diskspd
No screenshots yet- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- Modern hard drives are much more reliable than the disks of yesterday. View 19 alternatives to HDDLife
- Active@ Hard Disk Monitor is a disk utility that checks and monitors the status of your hard drives to help prevent data loss. View 30 alternatives to Active@ Hard Disk Monitor
- 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... View 31 alternatives to DHE DriveInfo
- 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. View 7 alternatives to Microsoft ScanDisk
- A SMARTHDD intended for troubleshooting and operation optimization of HDD and SSD storages. Allows adjusting characteristics of HDD and SSD by modifying the positioning speed of magnetic heads (AAM) and fine-tuning power consumption (APM). View 18 alternatives to SMARTHDD
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows