What Are Disk Speed Test Apps? Disk speed test apps help measure the overall speed and performance of a hard drive or solid-state drive (SSD) (internal or external) connected to a computer system.

From what I can tell SMART analysis, as supplied by testing tools comes in 2 forms, simple and complex. "Simple" reporting seems to be used on tools like Disk Utility, Scannerz, and SMARTReporter.

If you wanna change OS's then you should format and re-partition, because OS's optimise the existing partition slightly for there benfit. So if you delete your existinf partition then create a new one ...

Hard drives serve as the beating heart of electronic devices, faithfully storing and retrieving your precious information. As the primary storage unit within your computer, a hard drive harbors your ...

A slow hard drive can make routine tasks, such as storing and transferring files, unbearably frustrating. Running Windows or any other operating system from a slow hard drive can make matters even ...