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HD Tach

Version: 3.0
Downloads Count: 51,095
License Type: Free
Price: Free
Date Added: Feb 8, 2008
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP
File Size: 8.876 MB
Author: SimpliSoftware

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Editorial Review of HD Tach

The faster your flash drive, the more smoothly programs will run. When shopping for a drive, look at the specs and try to find one with a read rate of 15 Mbps (megabits per second or 1.9 MB/sec) or faster. If you already have a flash drive, you can test its speed with a free utility like HDTach.

Note: This link takes you to the vendor's site, where you can download the latest version of the software.

--Scott Dunn

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Reviewed by: bonz
01-24-2010

Duration of ownership: 1 Weeks

Strengths: Gives you a report on your hard drives

Weaknesses: WARNING: HDTach is MALWARE/SPYWARE

Overall Evaluation: Installed and ran the program for a HD report and closed it. Fortunately, my HD is extremely noisy and 30 minutes later when I got back to my PC I noticed the HD was churning like crazy. Found out there were two HDTach processes running in the background using 90% CPU time and the HD relentlessly. I don't know what it was trying to find on my hard disk but an honest program does not do this after you shut it down!!!
Reviewed by: BillOfPoway
09-30-2008

Duration of ownership: 1 Days

Strengths: Does what it claims and it is FREE! (Thanks guys) Uses only 4.9 MB memory while in use.

Weaknesses: Does not test CF cards.

Overall Evaluation: Installed to test USB thumb drive to use as a "Pocket Computer" per PC World article 5/08, pg 112. XP Pro system, no signature issue that other reviewer had (lotsa good stuff has "no valid" sigs. You really think PCWorld recommends malware?). Only works for Win 2000 & XP. Found out external USB drive is quite slow...
Reviewed by: deacon44
04-07-2008

Duration of ownership: 0 Days

Strengths:

Weaknesses: No valid signature, so I wouldn't run it!

Overall Evaluation: If the program had a valid signature, then I would consider running it.
Reviewed by: AlanATL
02-24-2008

Duration of ownership: 1 Days

Strengths:

Weaknesses: The current version (3.0.4) will not run on any Windows Vista system.

Overall Evaluation: Successfully installed. On first execution the program advised me that it only runs on Windows 2000 and on Windows XP. The only available action then was to terminate the program.

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