Microsoft ScanDisk vs smartmontools
A side-by-side look at Microsoft ScanDisk and smartmontools. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Microsoft ScanDisk
Os & Utilities
Microsoft ScanDisk is a utility included in Microsoft Windows operating systems that allows users to scan hard drives for errors and attempt repairs. It can detect bad sectors, lost clusters, cross-linked files, and directory errors.
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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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