Windows 10: Hard Drive Health & SMART Monitoring Utility

I've used HDDGuardian for years on Windows 7 with no problems. Since upgrading to Windows 10, I've noticed that the process exits itself after a certain period of time (when the screen saver comes on, or when the computer goes to sleep). In typical fashion (not exclusive to this software), the tray icon remains there but disappears as soon as you mouse over it (because the process has ended).

I reinstalled HDDGuardian (was running 0.62, the current version already), since Win10 was an upgrade, not a fresh install. The problem did not go away.

So I decided to switch to DiskCheckup, but the problem persists - the process exists after a certain period of time.

No other resident software (tray icon or not) has this issue.

Is there something about windows 10 that HD monitoring software makers haven't updated to enable compatibility/proper functioning?

Anyone here using one of the two pieces of SW above, or any other disk monitoring software, successfully?

TIA

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Hard drive failure warning

You may be getting an 'early warning' message from the S.M.A.R.T. utility that is included with hard drives by their manufacturers. Go to the technical support website of the hard drive's manufacturer and run their own drive health checking utility. (The
manufacturer has complete directions.) If it reports problems, you should probably replace the drive, but check with the manufacturer to be sure.

Hard drives are so reliable now that it's rare to get a S.M.A.R.T. warning, but it happens.

(S.M.A.R.T. stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology)

 

Win 10 improper shutdown

S.M.A.R.T. - Wikipedia is a chip on hard drives and SSD's that monitor it's health which can provide data to the OS in case of problems. It mostly monitors the disk's
surface condition but can also detect problems in the file system.

You can install a SMART monitoring utility like
CrystalDiskInfo - Software or just wait until the OS gives warnings. Then the way to know with certainty the condition of the drive is to run it's maker's
HD Diagnostic extended CD scan followed by a full

Disk Check .

 

Hi, I don't leave one running, but Hard Disk Sentinel, HDDExpert & HDD Tune run ok..