ValiDrive Alternatives

ValiDrive is described as 'Quickly spot-check any USB mass storage drive for fraudulent deliberately missing storage' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are five alternatives to ValiDrive for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best ValiDrive alternative is H2testw, which is free. Other great apps like ValiDrive are F3, MediaTester, FakeFlashTest and CapacityTester.

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  1. H2testw icon
     37 likes

    Data integrity test for USB sticks and other media

    An advantage over other tools is, that it does not need administrative rights to access the device - but it should not be NTFS formatted, as it does not allow to test everything.

    You can FAT32 format hard drive partitions large.

    16 H2testw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • H2testw is the most popular Windows alternative to ValiDrive.

    • H2testw is the most popular free alternative to ValiDrive.

    • H2testw is Free and ProprietaryValiDrive is also Free and Proprietary
    • H2testw is LightweightValiDrive is not according to our users
  2. F3 icon
     14 likes

    F3 is an open source command-line tool that assesses the real capacity of USB sticks and other media. An advantage over other tools is, that it does not need administrative rights to access the device.

    7 F3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • F3 is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to ValiDrive.

    • F3 is the most popular Open Source alternative to ValiDrive.

    • F3 is Free and Open SourceValiDrive is Free and Proprietary
    • F3 is LightweightValiDrive is not according to our users
  3. MediaTester icon
     1 like

    MediaTester can test any media (SD, microSD, USB thumbdrive, etc) and verify it stores the expected number of bytes. The testing method is similar to h2testw but MediaTester can detect fake or defective media much faster by performing quick reads as data is written.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4.  4 likes

    Tests USB Flash drives and Flash memory SD cards to determine if they are fake (not full capacity). Much quicker than H2testw.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Tool to test a USB drive or memory card to find out if it's a fake. The tool performs a simple test to determine if the full capacity is usable or not. All it does is fill the volume with test data and verify if the data on the volume is correct.

    8 CapacityTester alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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