HD Tune is small hard drive test software, it’s easy to use, and its main functions are the hard disk transfer rate testing, health testing, temperature testing and the disk surface scan access time, CPU occupancy rate. In addition, it can detect the hard disk firmware version, serial number, capacity, cache size, and the current Ultra DMA mode. Although these features are also on other software, but it is commendable that These functions was concentrated in one software, and very small, speed was fast and more importantly it is free, free to use.
HD Tune (http://www.hdtune.com/) very popular, Official providing installation version and the green version which unzip to use, you can choose one according to your own favorite.
Download and run the software, the software’s main interface, the first is “benchmarking” feature, direct-click the right side of the “Start” button to immediately perform a detection operation, the software will take some time to test drive transmission, access time , CPU occupancy rate, so that you intuitively judge the performance of the hard disk (Figure). If you have multiple hard drives installed on your system, you can drop-down menu at the top of the main interface, switch, including the external hard disk drives, including a variety of HD Tune can be supported, you can known the actual performance consistent with the nominal value through HD Tune, and known the maximum speed of the variety of mobile hard disk devices in actual use.
If you want to learn more hard disk information, you can click and switch to the “Information” tab, the software system will provide detailed information of each hard drive, such as support functions and technical standards, you can known if the hard disk is can support a higher technical standards and wide-ranging assessment of how to improve hard drive performance through the tab. In addition, click and switch to the “health status” tab, you can check the hard disk operation recording of internal storage, and assess the status of the hard disk if is normal. You do not have to worry about you do not understand the information, the software will be intuitive to tell you the state is good or bad. If you suspect there might insecurity drive, you can switch to the “error scan” tab, check whether the hard disk have access problems.
HD Tune charged version HD Tune Pro provides a more comprehensive hard disk detection, such as the AAM control, disk erase, document benchmarks, etc.
