ViVARD Alternatives

ViVARD is described as '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' and is an app. There are four alternatives to ViVARD for Windows, BSD, Linux and Mac. The best alternative is GSmartControl, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ViVARD are HD Tune, MHDD and HDDScan.

ViVARD alternatives are mainly Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools but may also be Benchmark Tools or Hard Disk Benchmark Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of ViVARD.

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ViVARD

Free • Proprietary

Windows
Linux

The aim of ViVARD is to examine the HDD to verify the integrity of each data sector and identify damaged or bad blocks....

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GSmartControl
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Free • Open Source
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Mac
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33 alternatives to GSmartControl
Smartctl GUI that supports controlling hard drive Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting.
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GSmartControl Features
Temperature Monitoring
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
HD Tune
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Freemium • Proprietary
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Windows
57 alternatives to HD Tune
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!.
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HD Tune Features
Read latency benchmark per drive offset
Linear read benchmark per drive offset
Hardware Monitoring
Quick/slow surface scan
Temperature Monitoring
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
MHDD
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Free • Proprietary
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Windows
22 alternatives to MHDD
MHDD is the most popular freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics.

MHDD supports these interfaces: IDE, Serial ATA, SCSI. Also there is a possibility to access an USB storage, there are drivers for emulation (USB->SCSI).

This software can make precise diagnostic of the.
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MHDD Features
1. PortableMHDD can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Hardware Diagnostics
Hardware Monitoring
Discontinued
Last version 4.6 was released in 2005. See http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/mhdd_changelog.en.html
HDDScan
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Free • Proprietary
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Windows
28 alternatives to HDDScan
HDDScan is a freeware utility for storage devices diagnostics (HDD, RAID, Flash). The program can scan storage device for bad blocks, show S.M.A.R.T. attributes and change some HDD parameters such as AAM, APM, etc.
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HDDScan Features
Hardware Monitoring
Hardware Diagnostics
Temperature Monitoring
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data

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GSmartControl

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HD Tune

HD Tune Features

MHDD

MHDD Features

HDDScan

HDDScan Features