Hard Drive Inspector Alternatives

Hard Drive Inspector is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Hard Drive Inspector for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best Hard Drive Inspector alternative is CrystalDiskInfo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Hard Drive Inspector are GSmartControl, Hard Disk Sentinel, smartmontools and HDDScan.

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  1. CrystalDiskInfo icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  2. GSmartControl icon
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    GSmartControl provides a GUI for smartctl from smartmontools, allowing users to monitor and control SMART data on hard drives. It supports health inspection, runs diagnostic tests, and warns about potential drive failures, ensuring maintenance and optimal disk performance.

    33 GSmartControl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. Provides advanced monitoring for HDDs and SSDs with S.M.A.R.T. diagnostics, predicts hardware failures, schedules automatic backups, benchmarks drive performance, logs temperatures, repairs disk errors, supports tests, notifications, and multi-drive configurations.

    29 Hard Disk Sentinel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MS-DOS
     
  4. smartmontools icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. HDDScan icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Diskovery icon
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    Diskovery collects and displays the details of data storage facilities of the computer, including its physical drives, disk arrays, partitions, volumes and mount points.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. SMART Report Viewer helps visualize the output of smartctl tests, entirely in your browser. Drag and drop txt, log, or zip files (including Unraid diagnostics) to quickly understand the health of your drives.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. DHE DriveInfo icon
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    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
     
  9. 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
     
  10. PassMark DiskCheckup allows the user to monitor the SMART attributes of a particular hard disk drive. SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a feature on a computer's hard disk for providing various monitoring indicators of disk reliability.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Ashampoo HDD Control 2 provides complete monitoring of your hard drive(s). The software supports not only all common IDE and serial ATA hard drive(s), but also provides improved support for external USB hard drives and solid state drives (SSDs).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. 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
     
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