HD Tune and similar

[willbill]

I've used free HD Tune 2.55 for some time.

I see that HD Tune Pro 4.61 costs $34.95
http://www.hdtune.com/

Questions:
1. Any similar HDD performance test program that
I should consider given that I'm willing to buy it?

2. Can I remove HD Tune Pro 4.61 from one PC
and install it on another without going through
some nose-bleed with the company?

Bill

 

[Arno]

I've used free HD Tune 2.55 for some time.

I see that HD Tune Pro 4.61 costs $34.95
http://www.hdtune.com/

Questions:
1. Any similar HDD performance test program that
I should consider given that I'm willing to buy it?

2. Can I remove HD Tune Pro 4.61 from one PC
and install it on another without going through
some nose-bleed with the company?

Bill

Why do you want this thing in the first place?
Usually you do not need it.

Arno

 

[willbill]

Why do you want this thing in the first place?
Usually you do not need it. > > Arno

My experience with free HD Tune 2.55 has had some merit;
and suspect that the HD Tune Pro will have more merit.
How much more, I don't know; but you never know until you try it.

OTOH at $35/copy, if I can only install it once,
I'll forget it without any further thought.

BTW, do you know of any other decent HDD test program?

Bill

 

[Rod Speed]

willbill wrote

My experience with free HD Tune 2.55 has had some merit;
and suspect that the HD Tune Pro will have more merit.
How much more, I don't know; but you never know until you try it.

OTOH at $35/copy, if I can only install it once,
I'll forget it without any further thought.

BTW, do you know of any other decent HDD test program?

Yep, the free version of Everest which shows the drive SMART data.

You do need to know how to ignore the OKs and look at the
raw data and be able to understand what those numbers mean.

Doesnt work with many USB connected external drives tho.

 

[Bob Willard]

My experience with free HD Tune 2.55 has had some merit;
and suspect that the HD Tune Pro will have more merit.
How much more, I don't know; but you never know until you try it.

OTOH at $35/copy, if I can only install it once,
I'll forget it without any further thought.

BTW, do you know of any other decent HDD test program?

Bill

The Pro version of HDtune does writes to the HD; the freebie only does
reads. But the performance graph and other data produced from the free
version is very helpful in showing problems, both on the HD and in the
HD-RAM (hardware and drivers) path.

The results of HDtune, and of HDtach and of HDDscan, are better if run
as close to stand-alone as you can get under the OS. That's because the
timing calculations of those apps are screwed up a bit if other other
apps are sharing the CPU.

 

[willbill]

The Pro version of HDtune does writes to the HD; the freebie only does
reads. But the performance graph and other data produced from the free
version is very helpful in showing problems, both on the HD and in the
HD-RAM (hardware and drivers) path.

The results of HDtune, and of HDtach and of HDDscan, are better if run
as close to stand-alone as you can get under the OS. That's because the
timing calculations of those apps are screwed up a bit if other other
apps are sharing the CPU.

Thank you for the names.

Both HD_Tach and HDD Scan are not current; HD_Tach is
on www.wikipedia.org if you search for that exact name.

So HDTune Pro appears to be the only one that might
be current?

To me it's a tough sell as a Windows program, at $35 a copy,
when I don't know if that limits me to one install. I'd have
no problem paying $35 for a bootable CD that I could use
with different PC's; I mean it's not a program that constantly
needs to be on any PC.

Bill

 

[Franc Zabkar]

Both HD_Tach and HDD Scan are not current; HD_Tach is
on www.wikipedia.org if you search for that exact name.

So HDTune Pro appears to be the only one that might
be current?

http://hddscan.com/
http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
http://www.attotech.com/products/product.php?sku=Disk_Benchmark

- Franc Zabkar

 

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[willbill]

I installed HD Tach on Win 7 and it said that it only runs on XP.

That is mentioned in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_Tach

<"As of October 2009, the latest version of this application (3.0.4.0)
is still not fully compatible with Windows Vista. However, HD Tach
works in Vista 64-bit by running it in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode.">

Bill

 

[willbill]

http://hddscan.com/
http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
http://www.attotech.com/products/product.php?sku=Disk_Benchmark

- Franc Zabkar

Thank you also.

I'd found one site with older copies (up to 3.1) of HDD Scan, and a 2nd
with 3.2 (but played way too many tricks with downloading stuff from
their site), so it was refreshing to find that the http://hddscan.com
site had version 3.3 and didn't play tricks.

You've tried all of the above? Any standouts?

Bill