Editor's review
Hard Drive Monitor is one free hard drive monitoring utility, it can help you to keep an eye on all hard drives on your computer, know the hard disk status and information on real time.
Features: Hard Drive Monitor is a free hard drive utility. It can help you monitor all hard drives on your computer. It is small in footprint and does not require an install. It can run from USB flash disks. The program can run all the time in background with a little icon on the system tray. Details you are able to read from your hard disks include drive status, drive information, spin-up time, drive temperature and more. All the data is updated in real time. A thermometer icon indicates the status of the drive at a glance. It is compatible with all versions of Windows including Vista 64 bit and Windows 7.
This Program reads and monitors S.M.A.R.T. data of all your hard drives. Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology sometimes written as SMART, is a monitoring system for computer hard disks to detect and report on various indicators of reliability. Manufacturers that have supported one or more S.M.A.R.T. attributes in various products include Samsung, Seagate, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Maxtor, and Western Digital. Disk temperature is often a good indicator of impending failure. With SMART enabled the drives can let you find out if such failures are imminent.
Overall: A handy tool for monitoring if a crash is likely. If the indicators start showing red, it is time to change the drive.
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