CrystalDiskInfo

CrystalDiskInfo is a disk utility program that enables you to monitor the health status of your hard drive disks, including the current temperature and S.M.A.R.T. attributes, in real time.

CrystalDiskInfo is a free and user-friendly tool that enables you to monitor the health status of your hard drive disks, including the current temperature and S.M.A.R.T. attributes (more on the latter later). As an added bonus, it also gives you performance information like disk transfer speed, disk read/write errors, disk read/write failures, and more.

To give you a brief background on S.M.A.R.T., it’s an acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology, which is a monitoring system built into most modern hard drives that allows them to perform self-diagnosis of various indicators like read/write errors and temperature levels, sending the results to the hard drive’s manufacturer for analysis. Since this system is built in, it’s easy to access without having to install anything extra onto your computer—all you’ll need is CrystalDiskInfo and some time to spare (it doesn’t hurt that it’s completely free).

If you’re using a computer on a regular basis, you really should be keeping an eye on the health of your hard drive. If you’re wondering how long it’s going to last and how well it’s performing, you can use CrystalDiskInfo to get a lot of information about your drives. CrystalDiskInfo is a free utility that enables you to monitor the health status of your hard drive disks, including the current temperature and S.M.A.R.T. attributes for each drive.

You can also use CrystalDiskInfo to get detailed information about the S.M.A.R.T status of each drive, which will give you an idea about whether it’s failing or not: