DiskCheckup

DiskCheckup, like many other solutions out there, offers users a simple way of testing their HDD or SSD. It's also a great way of finding relevant information about your device, especially in terms of existing bad sectors and other similar issues. It can prove to be your best friend when purchasing second-hand storage media, and also a great way of proving to others that your merchandise does not suffer from any errors.

Key Features:

• Simple design for easy usability


• Access to SMART info, self-test, and hidden areas on HDD


• Customizable temperature warning levels


• Automatic refresh of findings at set intervals

Technical Specifications:

• File: diskcheckup.exe


• Publisher: PassMark Software


• Price: FREE


• Compatible with Windows

The program is fairly simple in design. It's not old, it's not new. The interface can easily be cataloged as functional. You get the information you're after, but nothing else. The fact that there are no extra bells and whistles somehow increases the credibility factor. After all, tools shouldn't really have a dozen unrelated functions attached.

Once the app is opened, just make sure you select one particular storage media option out of the ones available and attached to your PC. Afterward, you're free to navigate through all the available options and tabs the program has included in its designs. Thus, you can either access SMART info and history, the self-test option, or view hidden areas that might still be present on your HDD.

This program also allows the user to change some of its particularities, mainly in order for the experience to be tailored to one's needs. For example, one can change the temp units to F or C, depending on what part of the world you are situated in.

Temperature warning levels can also be customized. You can tell the app to follow a particular path once that threshold has been passed. One other useful option is having the app refresh its findings at a certain interval. This way, you can follow any developments in real-time.

DiskCheckup is definitely a tool worth taking into account when dealing with HDD or SSD storage media. The application will quickly give the user all needed information regarding the attached elements, thus allowing one to see if everything is within parameters or not.