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Got a Low Disk Space Warning Message?
Running out of disk space on your computer? But you have a 200GB hard drive, where did all that space go!? Unfortunately, temp files, duplicate files, backups, etc can end up taking a lot of space over time. Read on to learn about analyzing the data on your hard drive to figure out what’s taking up the most space.
Scan your Hard Disk for Errors using Windows Surface Scanner
Windows Surface Scanner is a free utility that allows you to scan your hard drive for bad sectors and other types of errors. Even though hard drives have become much more reliable over the last decade, there are still many times when you will end up with a dud. It’s similar to chkdsk, but a lot faster. Also, it does not fix problems, only reports errors.
Find and Recover Those Files You Didn’t Mean to Delete
Lost an important file, photo, or some document to a random attack of the delete button? Yeah, you should really be more careful. Thankfully for you, there’s DiskDigger, an excellent piece of software that will recover deleted files that aren’t in the recycle bin anymore.
HD Tune Monitors Your Hard Drive
Tiny app HD Tune monitors your hard drive’s S.M.A.R.T. health, temperature and can scan for errors. You can even benchmark your drive and measure performance. A Pro version is available too.
Test the Speed of Your USB Drive
Ever wondered exactly how fast your Flash Drive is? You can easily benchmark them using the portable CrystalDiskMark utility that tests both Read and Write speeds. Very handy!