What is Drives Monitor?

Drives Monitor

Drives Monitor is a cool little Windows widget that gives you a quick peek at your hard drives. You can see the status of your hard drive and keep an eye on disk activity without needing to download any extra apps.

Easy Monitoring of Disk Space

This handy gadget shows info about each connected physical or logical hard disk. You can check out total, used, and free disk space in both GB and percentages. Plus, it tells you what kind of file system your disk uses, like NTFS or FAT. Just click on the drive letter, and a flyout window pops up with all the juicy details: physical drive model, capacity, type, number of partitions, cylinders, sectors—you name it!

Real-Time Activity Tracking

You can also watch disk activity in real-time! It shows you percentages and even graphs that illustrate how data is transferring. You’ll know the read and write speed in bytes per second too. Plus, it tracks total read and written data for your current session—super handy!

Removable Drive Management

The gadget doesn’t just stop at internal drives; it monitors any removable drives you plug into your computer. And if you need to eject a USB device safely? No problem! There’s an 'Eject' button right there.

Stay Informed About Disk Space

If you're running low on free space, don’t worry! The disk space usage bar will turn red to give you a heads-up so you can take action before things get messy.

Customizable Features Galore

You can customize all sorts of things with Drives Monitor. Want to exclude certain drives from monitoring? Change the refresh rate? Or pick what info displays? Go for it! You can even modify how the graphs look and adjust the size, opacity, and colors to fit your desktop theme perfectly.

Quick Access to Your Drives

Navigating through your disks is easy-peasy too! Just click on the background of the gadget to open a drive in Windows Explorer—no hassle involved!

In short, while Drives Monitor is lightweight and simple as a sidebar gadget, it packs all the tools you need for keeping tabs on your hard disks' status and activity. Want to give it a try? Check out this link.

How Download Works

Go to the Softpas website, press the 'Downloads' button, and pick the app you want to download and install—easy and fast!