Software Alternatives & Reviews
Register | Login

smcFanControl VS HDDScan

Compare smcFanControl VS HDDScan and see what are their differences

Hyperview
DCIM software reinvented. featured
Contents:
  1. » Base Details
  2. » Videos
  3. » Reviews
  4. » Alternatives

smcFanControl logo smcFanControl

[Download] smcFanControl 2.

HDDScan logo HDDScan

HDDScan is a freeware utility for storage devices diagnostics (HDD, RAID, Flash).
  • smcFanControl Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-20
  • HDDScan Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-10-21

smcFanControl videos

+ Add

How to Cool down your Mac! With smcFanControl

More videos:

  • Review - SMCFancontrol Review! Run a cooler Mac for Gaming/ Editing!

HDDScan videos

+ Add

How to Check Hard Drive Health, Error, Bad Sectors - HDDScan

More videos:

  • Review - HDDScan -- программа для диагностики жестких дисков

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to smcFanControl and HDDScan)

smcFanControl

HDDScan

Monitoring Tools
56 56%
Monitoring Tools
44% 44
Hard Drive Tools
0 0%
Hard Drive Tools
100% 100
Log Management
100 100%
Log Management
0% 0
Utilities
0 0%
Utilities
100% 100

User comments

Share your experience with using smcFanControl and HDDScan. For example, how are they different and which one is better?
Log in or Post with

Reviews

These are some of the external sources and on-site user reviews we've used to compare smcFanControl and HDDScan

smcFanControl Reviews

We have no reviews of smcFanControl yet.
Be the first one to post

HDDScan Reviews

10 Best Hard Drive Health Check Software for Windows in 2022
HDDScan is a hard drive diagnostic tool with an option to change some HDD parameters like AAM, APM, etc. It is useful for conducting regular health tests on your hard drive. Some other features of the software are discussed below.
Source: www.stellarinfo.com

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, HDDScan seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 44 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

smcFanControl mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of smcFanControl yet. Tracking of smcFanControl recommendations started around Mar 2021.

HDDScan mentions (44)

  • Game won't stop crashing on PC, any help is appreciated.
    Try running a drive test on the drive. It's possible it's bad (yes, it can come bad even if it's brand new, actually new hardware tends to have a higher fail rate then midlife span hardware). You can use a tool like HDDScan. Source: 5 months ago
  • HDD not accessible suddenly?
    As a first step I'd recommend that you run HDDScan against your HDD. Source: 10 months ago
  • PS3 stuck at restoring
    The issue is that files became corrupted, resulting in it needing to check the file system. If you have a hard drive enclosure, I would recommend using the enclosure to connect the drive to a computer, and running a drive diagnostic utility. GSmartControl is a great free program for checking the drive for physical damage. HDDScan can show you where there are bad sectors on the drive. If you’re feeling adventurous,... Source: about 1 year ago
  • How to verify health of the newly purchased refurbished harddrive?
    This is the correct url right? https://hddscan.com/. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Look at this pc i found thrown away. Yes those are all 4tb hdds so 16tb total. Time to download my entire steam library on these puppies : D
    Smart diagnostics can be done with drive manufacturer's utilities, or a number of third-party utilities, such as hddscan for windows. Some major brand oem systems (such as dell, hp) have diagnostics baked into the motherboard firmware that can do these tests as part of its overall diagnostics test suite. Source: about 1 year ago
View more

What are some alternatives?

When comparing smcFanControl and HDDScan, you can also consider the following products

SpeedFan - Hardware monitor for Windows that can access digital temperature sensors located on several 2-wire SMBus Serial Bus. Can access voltages and fan speeds and control fan speeds. Includes technical articles and docs.

CrystalDiskInfo - CrystalDiskInfo. A HDD/SSD utility software which supports a part of USB connection and Intel RAID. >> Download. Intel RAID (IRST). IRST 11.

Open Hardware Monitor - Monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds, with optional graph.

Hard Disk Sentinel - Monitoring hard disk health and temperature. Test and repair HDD problems and predict failures.

Argus Monitor - Argus Monitor is for monitoring and analyzing the temperature and the health status of the hardware parts of the system.

HD Tune - HD Tune Pro is a hard disk / SSD utility with many functions. It can be used to measure the drive's performance, scan for errors, check the health status (S. M. A. R.

Loading...