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HD Tune
HD Tune

HD Tune is a hard disk benchmarking and information tool. You can use it to measures the raw performance of your drive(s), including transfer rate, burst rate, access time and more. In addition, it p ...

Average of 3 user ratings: 5


  • Nov 10, 2007
  • For version:
  • 2.53

quote  Excellent and useful drive testing program  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I've used this for about 4 years. Nicely written, self contained program. Performs drive throughput and access time tests with graphical results. Also shows Drive temperature, UDMA mode, model number, firmware version, serial number, and more. Displays drive SMART data and can do fast or more detailed error scans to check for bad sectors. It does not repair them, it shows you where they are on the drive and how many, if any. Use the new CHKDSK in window Vista to scan for and update the bad sectors list if needed. This program has a simple and effective tabbed layout.

user Review by: northwoods (3)
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  • Oct 24, 2007
  • For version:
  • 2.53

quote  Indespensible for testing a suspect drive.  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Finds bad sectors when chkdsk says the drive passes. The bad sectors are there - chkdsk, for all its good points, somehow doesn't report them. It has helped explain mysterious system behavior that I originally thought was spyware, but was in fact partially unusable sectors corrupting operating system code. By the way the reviewer who states that it "does not fix bad sectors" is correct. But, since bad sectors are hardware errors, no program can fix them. When found, one should do a full backup and replace the bad (failing) drive. See the author's website for more info, including a table of drive access speeds for many drives (1000+). Get this. It is simple and does its job well. Great value!

user Review by: Griffin (33)
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  • Dec 31, 2005
  • For version:
  • 2.10

quote  Excellent  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

Not completly works with some RAID arrays (like nVidia nForce4) but nobody is perfect.... works fine with almost of ATA disks. Very good not excellent because above and don't fix damaged sectors. perhaps future version ? follow this way ... thanks a lot

user Review by: cxman44
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