HDDScan is a more comprehensive drive testing tool than CrystalDiskInfo. HDDScan can be useful for performing the regular “health test” for your drive and predicting its degradation, so you will be able to prevent data loss and backup your files before you would have to contact the data recovery service.Īdditionally, software can be used as the hard disk temperature monitor and reading/writing benchmark – performance graph is displayed for every test. Learn more about CrystalDiskInfo and its features: CrystalDiskInfo Manual HDDScan – Free And Portable The colored dots associated with each item in the list of attributes indicate the health of the drive– what you want to see is all blue:ĬrystalDiskInfo not only provides health reports but if left running in the background can also help monitor SSD/HDD health status and temperature in real-time. If more than one drive is connected you can change to other drives by clicking Disk in the menu across the top of the window and selecting a different drive from the list.

Here you get an overall health status (my Samsung SSD is at 96% and Good), current temperature, and a description of the drive.

CrystalDiskInfo Standard Edition (portable) consists of a 6.33 MB ZIP folder extracting to 14.2 MB.ĭouble-click the extracted executable to run the software and it opens with a current health report automatically displayed: The software is available in several editions with each including an installer version plus a portable version. If all you’re after is a basic health report then CrystalDiskInfo is the right tool for you. Here though, I am concentrating on quite simple free tools that provide a very quick and easy HDD/SSD health report and, as usual, with a leaning toward portable. Some of these tools provide a mountain of information and can be quite complex. There are many tools that will not only provide a health report but also monitor an HDD and/or SSD to make sure the user receives fair warning before disaster strikes. A failed hard drive is not a pleasant experience, especially if the user has not created any backups.

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