Hard Disk Sentinel is a Windows program known for a set of powerful tools to monitor, analyze and diagnose computer drives, both internal and external.
Details
Similar to CheckDrive, there is S.M.A.R.T. technology known for comprehensive data analysis. Users can visualize vital information about the health of the disk. The graphics include reallocated and pending sectors as well as spin-up time giving insights into the internal workings of the drives. Moreover, the program monitors the devices in real-time and alerts about potential problems to prevent unexpected failures in advance.
Diagnose and repair
On top of tracking capabilities, the application includes in-depth diagnostics like displaying temperature, transfer rates and error counts. You can view how your storage component performs during playing high resource consuming games. There are benchmarking tools that allow you to test the read and write speeds as well. In case you would like to optimize your drives, you can apply a defragmentation procedure and rearrange data to improve overall responsiveness.
And last but not least, there are backup solutions that protect important data from failing disks. Additionally, you have an option to complete repair work and fix minor issues related to performance.
Features
- includes standalone and portable editions;
- there are malicious files in the installer;
- provides automatic alerts and notifications;
- free to download and use;
- compatible with modern Windows versions.
