DiskCheckup: Monitor your hard disk easily

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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. If SMART is enabled on a hard disk, the system administrator can receive analytical information from the hard drive to determine a possible future failure of the hard drive.

DiskCheckup which costs US$15.00 is free for personal use.

Features of DiskCheckup

• Device Info lists the capacity, interface, model number, firmware and other device related information including the drive’s standards compliance.
  
• SMART Info displays information about the health of a drive. Here you find information about the current and worst temperature, or error rates, and status information for each value that informs you if the drive is still running within limits.
  
• SMART History is deactivated by default. You first need to activate the feature in the program settings. Please note that the data file can grow significantly in size. It is therefor suggested to only activate this feature temporarily.
  
• Disk Self Test offers to run a short or extended test and displays the status of that test afterwards.
  

SMART monitors elements of possible long term drive failure, such as ‘Spin Up Time’, the number of start/stops, the number of hours powered on and the hard disk temperature.

DiskCheckup displays the current values of the SMART attributes, along with the Threshold value for that attribute. If an attribute drops below its threshold, the drive cannot guarantee that it will be able to meet its specifications in the future.

We need to enable the warning system with a click on the configuration button. Here WE can define a temperature warning level, and configure whether WE like to see a message window or receive an email when values exceed the threshold.

Download DiskCheckup:

DiskCheckup V3.1 (Build 1005) – diskcheckup.exe

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