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Hard Drive Inspector

Version: 3.0

Downloads Count: 4,187

License Type: Trial

Price: $30

Date Added: Dec 8, 2008

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Requirements: IDE hard drive(s) (SCSI and RAID are not supported)

File Size: 2832 KB

Author: Dmitry Bespalov

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Editorial Review of Hard Drive Inspector

Who's looking out for your PC's hard drive? Hard Drive Inspector is always on guard, monitoring all your drives for spin rate, seek time, and almost 20 other potential problem spots. Hard Drive Inspector gives you technical data, including the drive model, firmware version, and serial number, all things you'll need to know when calling for warranty support.

It displays the hard drive's temperature in the system tray. If the drive gets too toasty (I have mine set for 120 degrees Fahrenheit), the program can send you an e-mail alert--or, better, automatically put the computer in Standby mode.

You can view a summary health report, which typically has enough information for most users; the S.M.A.R.T. report has the details. The program costs $30, but you can download a 15-day trial version of Hard Drive Inspector to get a feel for the tool.

--Steve Bass

Description of Hard Drive Inspector

Hard Drive Inspector is a new software application that monitors hard-drives for possible problems and alerts PC owners when things go or might go wrong. The program is based on the S.M.A.R.T technology, which is a part of almost every hard-drive manufactured in the world today.

This is how it works. Hard Drive Inspector checks for hard-drive changes and performs diagnosis. For example, an increase in the drive spin-up time and the number of retries it takes to succeed in spinning up the drive usually means motor and/or bearing failure, which can lead to data loss.

Hard Drive Inspector access S.M.A.R.T. data, processes it and informs PC owner when their hard-drive is no longer safe to use. This gives people an option to back up their hard-drive before anything bad happens or completely replace their HDD, especially if the data stored there is critical to running a business.

While Hard Drive Inspector is very simple and can be used by complete newbies, the program offers advanced features for professionals too. It is completely customizable and is capable of giving access to S.M.A.R.T. monitoring data real-time.

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Reviewed by: charles849

05-13-2008

Duration of ownership: 14 Days

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Overall Evaluation: if it wasnt so darn expensive I'd keep it around
Reviewed by: omarsadat

04-16-2008

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Overall Evaluation: My labtop started heating and I was warrned with the Sound from the program. It saved my Hard drive. April 16 2008 10-29-11 AM

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