HDD Health Alternatives

HDD Health is described as 'Full-featured failure-prediction agent for machines using Windows 95, 98, NT, Me, 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7. Sitting in the system tray, it monitors hard disks and alerts you to impending failure. The program uses Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology (S.M' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to HDD Health for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best HDD Health alternative is CrystalDiskInfo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like HDD Health are GSmartControl, Hard Disk Sentinel, smartmontools and Diskovery.

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    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.).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Modern hard drives are much more reliable than the disks of yesterday. However, they still are extremely complex electronic devices with moving parts that are subject to amortization. The high density of data storage provided by the modern disks allows for greater storage...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Pc-Check will scan for errors in all hardware components on the computer it is being deployed on and display diagnostic results. The software is bootable from CDs and USBs, so even if the OS won't start the program will still be able to run.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    SMARTReporter is an application that can warn you of some hard disk drive failures before they actually happen! It does so by periodically polling the built-in S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard disk drives as well as performing other checks for "I/O errors" or R.A.I.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Diskscan is intended to provide the information needed to decide if a disk is good or not, be it an HDD or an SSD it is likely to be holding important data and if you have a suspicion that it is failing it is also important to know how bad is it down the road.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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