About this tag
HD Tune is a hard drive diagnostic tool commonly used by Windows users to check the health and performance of HDDs and SSDs. Discussions on WindowsForum.com cover using HD Tune for full surface scans to verify the true condition of drives, especially second-hand or external USB drives. Users also rely on HD Tune to benchmark read/write speeds, monitor SMART data, and detect issues like pending or reallocated sectors. In troubleshooting scenarios, HD Tune helps identify whether a failing drive is causing system slowdowns, BSODs, or file transfer bottlenecks. While a clean HD Tune result can rule out hardware problems, some users report that the tool may not catch intermittent failures, and they combine it with other utilities like CrystalDiskMark or Memtest86 for comprehensive diagnostics.
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    HDD Tune Questions

    HD Tune 5.60 is good or bad software for Full Surface Scan (Full ErrorScan disabled quickscan) for HDDs 2.5" buy in Aliexpress + enclosure case USB 3.0? to really discover the true health of the drive
    • nandobadam88
    • Thread
    • aliexpress data recovery disk utility enclosure error scan full surface scan hard drive hd tune hdd health performance testing scan software review usb 3.0
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 10 Recovery lost path

    Hello everyone! I own a Asus Zenbook UX31A that came originaly with Windows 7, that was updated to Windows 10. It has an SSD with a recovery partition and I never messed with the partition table. The laptop is becoming slower so I decided to reset to factory settings (wich I already did a few...
    • Sandgrain
    • Thread
    • asus command line diagnostics error message factory reset hd tune partition path issues reagentc recovery ssd system restore tech support troubleshooting windows 10 windows 7 zenbook
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 8 Windows File transfer

    Hi, I started to transfer a file in Windows 8.1 pro but it will only use up to 22% watching the disk in task manager. I tested it in crystal mark and HD tune and they both give the hard drive 150 MB's Read /write. This is EXTREMEMLY annoying for network transfers as well since I can get 250 MB's...
    • gadgetguycj
    • Thread
    • crystal mark data transfer disk usage file transfer hard drive hd tune network transfer nic teaming performance task manager technical issues windows 8.1
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  4. seekermeister

    Windows 7 Hard Drive Question

    My question is not how to fix anything, because I have already replaced the drive in question, but how to diagnose some strange behavior, so I can give an objective reason for an RMA. I have been having significant problems with a number of apps in terms of their slowness, and a recent string...
    • seekermeister
    • Thread
    • bsod data recovery diagnosis hard drive hd tune performance rma smart data transfer speed windows repair
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  5. GeneralHiningII

    Suggestions for Useful Utilities to Add to Downloads Tab

    I'm sorry, I can't find a better place to post this topic (if you find one, please relocate it so I'll know next time :) ). In the downloads tab, under "Utilites", there are a few things (in my opinion) that would be helpful to people if they were there: Prime 95 Free Software - GIMPS for...
    • GeneralHiningII
    • Thread
    • core temp cpu diagnostics extreme calculator furmark gpu gpu-z hard drive hd tune memtest86 power supply prime95 ram real temp software stress test system builder temperature monitoring testing utility
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Feedback Forum
  6. seekermeister

    Windows 7 WDC 3TB Installation/Diagnosis

    A new WD30EZRX that I order arrived today, so I wasted no time trying to install it. However, when I put it in my external case, Windows seven couldn't set it up, even though Disk Management did see it. I then tried using Acronis DDS11, but it hung right after it opened. I then moved the...
    • seekermeister
    • Thread
    • 3tb acronis diagnosis disk management dlg drive size error scan external drive gpt hd tune installation mbr partition rma smart data support troubleshooting vendor issues wdc windows 7
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Bad benchmark of internal HDD?

    Hi, From today i think i noticed that my hard drives performance seems to have gotten bad. I can't play AVI files normally, they stutter and it only does this on my internal hdd, not on my USB hdd. I took a benchmark and the results seemed pretty bad, i don't know wether it is really...
    • zeno11
    • Thread
    • backup benchmark data recovery drive health error codes file access hard drive hd tune hdd internal drive performance sectors storage stuttering warning
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 BSOD with two files on W7 64Bit

    I would like to know what is the problem with my computer because I built this computer and it is no older than two weeks. I only ever got this error two times and was confused what the problem was until I ran blue screen viewer. Any way here are the mini dumps. Thank you for any help you...
    • Priest666x
    • Thread
    • 64-bit amd asus ati bsod corsair cpu diagnostics error gpu hd tune hdd memtest86 minidump motherboard pc build performance ram troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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    Windows 7 Hard Drive Failing?

    Yesterday I installed my new Samsung HD502HJ drive. I cloned my old drive onto this one using dd on an Ubuntu Live CD. So after returning into Windows 7 RC, it starts popping up messages telling me that the drive is going to fail soon. I thought this might have been due to using dd to clone the...
    • joe531
    • Thread
    • amd asrock athlon cloning data recovery diagnosis error failure hard drive hardware issues hd tune hibernation installation ram samsung silent drive storage system health ubuntu windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Low Hard Drive Experience Score

    I have a 250GB SATA 3GB/s Western Digital HD with 2 partitions, one of 30GB for 7 and the rest for my XP install. I have used HD tune to verify data transfer rates in the mid 75MB/s area at all times and yet, on the experience rating in Windows 7, it lists the HD experience as a lowly 2. Is...
    • mp3sgt
    • Thread
    • data transfer experience score hard drive hd tune partition performance sata storage issues western digital windows 7
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support