Data Rescue - When Apple's system recovery fails, recover any and all files with Data Rescue 3. This data rescue software will even work if your Mac's hard drive fails to mount.

hdparm - hdparm - get/set ATA/SATA drive parameters under Linux

DiskWarrior - DiskWarrior, the world's most advanced and highest rated hard disk, hard drive, and disk repair and data recovery tool for macOS, OS X and Mac OS X.

Hdparm for Windows - Completely disable HDD APM or change APM values to prevent drive from parking its head, stop load/unload cycle count increasing and annoying drive ticking sounds.

iBoysoft Data Recovery - iBoysoft Data Recovery for Windows serves as advanced data recovery software to assist users in file recovery from Recycle Bin, BitLocker-secured drives, RAW partitions, corrupted or formatted drives, deleted or lost partitions, etc. on Windows.

quietHDD - quietHDD tries to reduce the noise of your harddrive by modifying APM and AAM settings depending of the current power supply (Battery/Powered)