How to check hard drive health in 3 ways

Just like other computer hardware devices, hard drives also have a certain "usage time limit". Therefore, we need to check the "health" periodically for the hard drive to avoid unfortunate incidents that may cause loss of data that you save in it. Please refer to the article below to know how to check the health of computer hard drive offline.

1. Check with WMIC command in Command Promt

First, press Windows + R to open the Run dialog box. Then enter cmd and press Enter to open the Command Prompt window

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In the Command Promt interface, type wmic and press Enter to turn on WMIC .

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Next, enter the diskdrive get status command and press Enter to check the current status of the hard drive

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If the screen appears OK, then the hard drive is still "good".

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2. Check with Windows CHKDSK Tool

Windows CHKDSK Tool is a built-in Windows utility to help users conduct scans, find and detect system errors, as well as the status of hard drives. Besides, this tool also provides the ability to fix problems that it can fix.

First, right-click on the hard drive partition you want to check and select Properties

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When the Properties dialog box opens, select the Tools tab and then click the Check button

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When the message dialog box appears, click Scan Drive so the checkout process starts

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You wait a moment for the checkout process to complete

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When the following message appears, click Close to close

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3. Check with CrystalDiskInfo software

Download CrystalDiskInfo software

After successful installation, open the application, it will display full information about the hard drive status, temperature and hard drive data details.

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Good luck!

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