Category: Tools

Essential hard drive utilities for diagnostics, partitioning, recovery, cloning, secure erasure, and physical repair — reviewed and organized by real-world use.

CrystalDiskInfo

CrystalDiskInfo is a free, open-source (MIT license) utility for Windows that monitors the health of HDDs, SSDs, and USB drives by reading and interpreting S.M.A.R.T. data. It is widely used…

MHDD

MHDD is a professional-grade, freeware hard drive diagnostic and repair utility developed by the Russian company Maysoft (often attributed to author Dimitry Postrigan). Unlike Windows-based tools, MHDD runs in a…

Victoria HDD

Victoria HDD (commonly known simply as Victoria) is a free, Windows-based hard drive diagnostic and repair utility. It is particularly favored by technicians for its detailed surface scan capabilities and…

MRT

MRT is a professional-grade hardware and software suite developed by MRT Firmware Lab (based in Wuhan, China), designed for hard drive repair and data recovery. It operates at the factory…

PC-3000

PC-3000 is a professional-grade hardware and software suite developed by ACE Lab, widely regarded as the industry standard for professional data recovery and digital forensics. Unlike software-only tools, it combines…

TestDisk

TestDisk is a free, open-source data recovery utility primarily used to recover lost partitions or repair damaged partition tables, and to make non-booting disks bootable again. It is particularly suitable…

Linux lsblk

lsblk is a command in Linux used to list information about block devices (such as hard drives, partitions, and optical drives). It displays device details and their dependencies in a…