CrystalDiskInfo vs smartmontools
A side-by-side look at CrystalDiskInfo and smartmontools. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
CrystalDiskInfo
System & Hardware
CrystalDiskInfo is a free disk health monitoring and diagnostics utility for Windows. It provides detailed SMART attributes reports, disk temperature, and tests for detecting impending drive failures.
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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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