HDD Guardian Alternatives

HDD Guardian is described as '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' and is a hard disk diagnostic tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to HDD Guardian for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac and PortableApps.com apps. The best HDD Guardian alternative is CrystalDiskInfo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like HDD Guardian are GSmartControl, HD Tune, smartmontools and Macrorit Disk Scanner.