| Version | 2.9.110 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | BinarySense |
| Release date | Nov 7, 2008 |
| Date added | Apr 10, 2007 |
| Os requirements | Windows, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista |
| Requirements | Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista |
| Total downloads | 93,891 |
| Price | Free |
Description
Worried about a hard drive failure? HDDLife is a real-time hard drive monitoring utility with alerts, malfunction protection, and data loss prevention features. This hard drive inspector is an advanced proactive hard drive failure detection system that manages all of your hard drive risks. HDDLife is S.M.A.R.T. technology based, and works both for single PCs and large computer networks.
Version 2.9.110 now works in Windows Vista.
Review
This freeware application is supposed to monitor your hard drive health, but it didn't give us the right readings.
As soon as HDDlife's installation begins, you're offered the choice to try a trial version of HDDlife Pro instead. If you stay with the free program, the program's plain interface displays hard drive temperature, health status, and performance ratings, but details are disabled unless you upgrade.
The main flaw with HDDlife was in the incorrect health status reading of our test hard drive. The program showed a critical rating, with a prompt to immediately back up the computer to prevent data loss. This diagnosis wasn't confirmed, however, when we checked with other tools.
Users beware: HDDlife wasn't a very reliable tool for monitoring hard drive health, and its primary purpose seems to be to get you to upgrade to a paid version.
