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Chkdsk-GUI vs smartmontools

A side-by-side look at Chkdsk-GUI and smartmontools. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Chkdsk-GUI

Chkdsk-GUI

Os & Utilities

Chkdsk-GUI is a free, open source graphical user interface for the Windows Chkdsk command-line tool. It allows users to easily scan, detect, and repair file system errors and bad sectors on hard drives without using command prompts.

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smartmontools

smartmontools

System & Hardware

smartmontools is a set of open source utilities that monitor the health of disk drives and predict drive failures, compatible with most types of hard drives. It reads SMART data to detect and report on various drive attributes related to reliability, such as reallocated sectors count.

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