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quietHDD vs Scalpel 2.0

A side-by-side look at quietHDD and Scalpel 2.0. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

quietHDD

quietHDD

System & Hardware

quietHDD is a free utility that helps silence noisy hard drives by reducing vibrations. It works by placing custom foam pads underneath the hard drive to absorb vibration.

hard-drivehddnoise-reductionvibration-dampening
Scalpel 2.0

Scalpel 2.0

Security & Privacy

Scalpel 2.0 is an open-source program for recovering files from unallocated space or raw data in a drive image. It can extract images, documents, emails, and more that have been deleted but not overwritten.

forensicsdata-recoverydeleted-files

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