HD Tune Pro
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HD Tune Pro Editor's Review
Advanced PC users who want to learn about state of various hardware components used in their computers, need to use several third party apps for the purpose. Among all components used in a laptop or desktop, the hard drive is of utmost importance. This is where you store the data including the OS. Regardless of the interface and other attributes, you need to ensure the hard disc used in your PC stays in top shape. A hard disk failure can be catastrophic for any user, either at home or workplace. There are third party utilities available that you can use to benchmark the PC’s hard disks and learn about their health status. One such example is HD Tune Pro. This software offers users means to test the hard drives on various grounds and reports detailed health status too.
HD Tune Pro supports PCs with Windows 2000, XP and later editions. It supports internal, external SATA hard disks and SSDs. The new version offers support for 4 TB HDDs as well. The apps’ free version offers limited benchmark and tests while the Pro version of this app offers extensive testing and report generation capability.
The interface of HD Tune Pro may appear somewhat dated especially if you have become accustomed to modern tile based interfaces of apps inspired by Windows 8 interface style. It is pretty user friendly and you can find separate sections in interface to carry out various HDD tests and benchmarks. You can run full benchmark or selected ones. The app displays ongoing tests and results in large graphical display windows. At any rate, you get detailed info on aspects like transfer rate, sequential mode, burst rate etc.
Apart from checking condition of your PC’s hard drive, this app also helps you learn about advanced features like automatic acoustic management, upgradeable firmware and 48-bit address. It also informs you about SMART status of the hard disk. You can also check the hard disk for damaged areas or bad sectors using this software. The bad sectors, if any are shown using colored blocks. It even displays temperature of the PC’s hard drive.
Despite being loaded with extensive and advanced features, HD Tune Pro remains really intuitive. Even a first time user can run various tests and obtain detailed HDD information using the app easily. It does not stress RAM or CPU during those tests much. One drawback is the company does not offer help documentation in website.
Positive Points:
- Easy to use interface, wide OS support.
- Support for extensive range of hard disks, SSDs.
- Extensive HDD benchmarking tests.
- HDD fault checking.
Negative Points:
- Interface somewhat dated.
- No online help manual.
Conclusion:
HD Tune Pro is clearly targeted at those PC users who want a feature rich HDD monitoring and benchmarking utility. The app may not have a glossy interface but it is not clumsy either. The amount of information you get about the hard disk using it is simply outstanding. There is hardly any rival app that offers so many tests under its hood. Those who are not much tech savvy or find the licensing cost steep, can stick to the Free version. For advanced users who want detailed information on PC HDD and wants to keep it in shape, this is a very handy tool.
Rating: 4/5
HD Tune Pro Publisher's Description
HD Tune is a hard disk utility with many functions. It can be used to measure the drive's performance, scan for errors, check the health status (S.M.A.R.T.), securely erase all data and much more.
Features:
Benchmark: measures the raw performance
TE Transfer Rate
TE Access Time
TE CPU Usage
TE Burst Rate
TE Hard Disk information which includes firmware version, serial number, disk capacity, buffer size, transfer mode
TE Hard Disk Health
TE S.M.A.R.T. Information (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology)
TE Temperature
TE Power On Time
TE Copy text to clipboard
TE Copy screenshot to clipboard
Free download from Shareware Connection - HD Tune is a hard disk utility with many functions.
Version: 5.50 | Size: 2150 KB | Platform: Win2000, Windows 7, Windows Server, WinOther, WinVista
Released Date: | Rating: 5 | Title: HD Tune Pro
Author Url: http://www.hdtune.com/
Program Info Url: http://www.hdtune.com/
Download Url: http://www.hdtune.com/files/hdtunepro_550_trial.exe
Screenshot Url: http://www.hdtune.com/images/screenshot.png
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