Hard Disk Sentinel AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools

The best Hard Disk Diagnostic alternative to Hard Disk Sentinel is CrystalDiskInfo, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Hard Disk Sentinel and many of them are Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool alternatives to Hard Disk Sentinel are HD Tune, Victoria, smartmontools and DriveDx.

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  1. CrystalDiskInfo icon

    CrystalDiskInfo

     325 likes

    Open-source utility for monitoring S.M.A.R.T. data, disk temperature and more. Offers portable use, dark mode, no ads or tracking, and supports 30+ languages. Designed to provide an accurate health status and includes features such as temporary file deletion and file recovery options.

    42 CrystalDiskInfo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    Comments about CrystalDiskInfo as an Alternative to Hard Disk Sentinel
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    CrystalDiskInfo does not support hard drive surface tests like reads, writes and combined

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    • Most users think CrystalDiskInfo is a great Hard Disk Sentinel alternative.

    • CrystalDiskInfo is Free and Open SourceHard Disk Sentinel is Paid and Proprietary
    • CrystalDiskInfo is LightweightHard Disk Sentinel is not according to our users
  2. HD Tune icon

    HD Tune

     141 likes

    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
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Victoria icon

    Victoria

     48 likes

    Victoria is a small application designed to assess performance, test and perform minor repairs to your IDE drive and SATA HDD. It's designed primarily for HDD repairmen in stationary conditions and is not intended to test the system hard drive.

    24 Victoria alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    smartmontools

     50 likes

    The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI harddisks.

    24 smartmontools alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  6. DriveDx icon

    DriveDx

     22 likes

    DriveDx is advanced drive health diagnostic and monitoring utility. Unlike most drive utilities, DriveDx does not only monitor the drive’s built-in S.M.A.R.T. status, but also analyzes the changes of all drive health indicators that are closely related to HDD or SSD failures...

    41 DriveDx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. HDDScan icon

    HDDScan

     25 likes

    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.

    29 HDDScan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Active@ Hard Disk Monitor icon

    Active@ Hard Disk Monitor

     5 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. MHDD icon

    MHDD

     26 likes

    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.

    21 MHDD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. Macrorit Disk Scanner icon

    Macrorit Disk Scanner

     11 likes

    Macrorit Disk Scanner is a third party disk surface portable tool for scan disk bad sectors which provides you with better options and better performance than Windows native disk scanner.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. HDAT2 icon

    HDAT2

     15 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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