quietHDD Alternatives

quietHDD is described as 'A tiny system tool to set hard disk's power saving and noise levels (AAM and APM values), especially useful with mobile disks that have strict energy saving settings set by defalt, causing heads to park randomly' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are six alternatives to quietHDD for Windows, Linux and PortableApps.com. The best quietHDD alternative is CrystalDiskMark, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like quietHDD are HD Tune, HD Tach, sdparm and hdparm.

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  1. CrystalDiskMark icon

    CrystalDiskMark

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    Versatile benchmarking utility to assess drive performance, offering rapid sequential/random speed tests, easy-to-read results, multilingual support, and more, all in a free package.

    41 CrystalDiskMark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    • CrystalDiskMark is the most popular Windows alternative to quietHDD.

    • CrystalDiskMark is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to quietHDD.

    • CrystalDiskMark is Free and Open SourcequietHDD is Free and Proprietary
    • CrystalDiskMark is Lightweight and Privacy focusedquietHDD is not according to our users
  2. HD Tune icon

    HD Tune

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    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!.

    54 HD Tune alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. HD Tach icon

    HD Tach

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    HD Tach is a low level hardware benchmark for random access read/write storage devices such as hard drives, removable drives (ZIP/JAZZ), flash devices, and RAID arrays. HD Tach uses custom device drivers and other low level Windows interfaces to bypass as many layers of software...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. sdparm

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    The sdparm utility accesses SCSI device parameters. When the SCSI device is a disk, sdparm's role is similar to its namesake: the Linux hdparm utility which is primarily designed for ATA disks that had device names starting with "hd".

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

    • sdparm is the most popular Linux alternative to quietHDD.

    • sdparm is Free and Open SourcequietHDD is Free and Proprietary

  6. hdparm

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    hdparm - get/set ATA/SATA drive parameters under Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. Hdparm for Windows

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    Completely disable HDD APM or change APM values to prevent drive from parking its head, stop load/unload cycle count increasing and annoying drive ticking sounds.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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