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There is a free or trial edition for HD Sentinel. Use the trial edition.
When we evaluate drives the following studies are typically performed by one or more software applications:
SMART
Error scan
Health Scan
Benchmark
Short and long generic
chkdsk /x /r
These are usually accomplished with:
HD Tune
HD Sentinel
Crystal Disk
Sea Tools for Windows
There are many other alternatives to HD Tune. The software listed above are the ones we typically use in the BSOD forum.
CrystalDiskInfo - Software - Crystal Dew World:
CrystalDiskInfo - Software - Crystal Dew World
Download Center - Crystal Dew World
Software - Crystal Dew World
HD Tune: http://www.hdtune.com/
Hard Disk Sentinel - HDD health and temperature monitoring: Hard Disk Sentinel - HDD health and temperature monitoring
These are some others:
Scan and Check Bad Sectors on hard disk drives.
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Disk Benchmark Software | ATTO