CheckDrive Alternatives

CheckDrive is described as 'Warns you before you lose all your data! Never be surprised by a hard drive failure again! Shows you the health status of your plates Informs you in case of problems' and is a hard disk diagnostic tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to CheckDrive for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, MS-DOS and BSD apps. The best CheckDrive alternative is CrystalDiskInfo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CheckDrive are GSmartControl, HD Tune, Hard Disk Sentinel and Victoria.

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  1. HDD Guardian icon
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    HDD Guardian 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. HDAT2 icon
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    HDAT2 is program for test or diagnostics of ATA/ATAPI/SATA, SSD, USB and SCSI devices.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. SeaTools icon
     10 likes

    SeaTools is a diagnostic tool that helps you determine the condition of the disk drive in your external hard drive, desktop or laptop computer.

    29 SeaTools alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. DHE DriveInfo icon
     5 likes

    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 Rate, Formfactor, Features, AAM, APM, Master Boot Record, Disk ID, Bootloader

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. IsMyHdOK icon
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    IsMyHdOK is a small program but effective solution to easily check the Performance of a Windows Volume eg. Partition!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. StableBit Scanner is a state of the art disk health monitoring tool.

    • Monitors the SMART data of your disks, and presents them in an easy to read, meaningful way.
    • Lists detailed information about your disk, including the connection type, bus speed, and supported features.
    • Pe.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. SMARTHDD icon
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    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).

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. 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
     
  9. DRevitalize icon
     5 likes

    DRevitalize is a program that repairs bad sectors (physical defects) on popular magnetic media (hard drives and also floppy drives to some extent) by generating a special sequence of high and low signals around the physically damaged area.

    7 DRevitalize alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • MS-DOS
     
  10.  3 likes

    HDD diagnostic and data recovery tool for Linux.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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