When you hard disk fails all your files are lost. To prevent this, it is useful to frequently make a diagnosis and to do the reliability of your hard drive. Today are almost all hard drives S. M. A. R. T. technology. This acronym stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology. Allows you to monitor the hard drive on indications that the hard drive is less reliable starts.
Below is a list of the free S. M. A. R. T. hard disk diagnostics software.
CrystalDiskInfo is a free tool to read and display S. M. A. R. T. data. This software you can use to find out whether the hard drive is less reliable starts.
This software can not only be used for the analysis of normal hard disk drives (HDD), but also for the analysis of solid-state drives (SSD).
You can use the desktop version of the program install or the portable program that can be started from a USB stick.
CrystalDiskInfo has the following characteristics:
HDDScan is a software to correct any problems in the operation of your hard drive to detect. HDDScan is a freeware program that is only suitable for Windows operating systems.
Just like the other programs on this page does HDDScan use of S. M. A. R. T. for the analysis. Your hard disk must have this technology to support it, but this is when the new drives almost always the case.
HDDScan has the following characteristics:
HDD Health is a free hard drive diagnostics program for Windows. Also this freeware displays the temperature of the hard disk and the "health" of the hard disk in the form of a percentage.
Some users experienced unfortunately, problems with the use of HDD Health on a 64-bit Windows operating system.
HDD Health has the following characteristics:
Download and install one of the versions programs S. M. A. R. T. disk diagnostics for Windows 10.
Devices: Desktop PC, Laptop (ASUS, HP, DELL, Acer, Lenovo, MSI), Ultrabook