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CheckDrive 2022

Easily check your hard drive for errors

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(0)
Operating Systems:
Windows 10, Windows 7 (32 bit), Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows 8
License:
Freeware
Developer:
Abelssoft
Software Cost:
Free
Category
System & Desktop Tools
Date Updated:
29 September 2021
Downloads To Date:
4352
Languages:
English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Russian
Download Size:
13.80 MB

CheckDrive provides an easy-to-use way to check your hard drive for errors.

Launch the program, click the "Check" button for a particular drive, and CheckDrive will scan it for problems. There's nothing too clever happening here - in the background, the program is using the standard Windows chkdsk tool to find and fix any problems - but CheckDrive does at least give this a more friendly and straightforward interface.

With that test passed, clicking the Drive Information tab provides a little basic system information: your drive model and manufacturer, type, capacity and so on.

More interesting, though, is a link to "Show S.M.A.R.T. data", which (if your drives are compatible) will provide drive statistics including their read error rate, seek error rate, temperature, spin up time, and more. You don't get the full set of statistics so CheckDrive isn't going to compete with a specialist SMART reporting tool, but it's still a useful addition to the package.

And the program also includes a tool which runs in the background, always monitoring your drives, and lets you know about any errors as they happen.

For most people, this won't be necessary. You can already easily check for and fix drive errors within Explorer (right-click a drive, select Properties > Tools > Check Now), and CheckDrive doesn't add a great deal in itself. If you already know you're having hard drive issues, though, having an instant alert to new problems might be useful, and could make it worth the install.

Verdict:

CheckDrive provides only basic drive checking features, but the program's ability to report on drive errors as they happen may be useful for some.

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