Clear Disk Info is a free program for devices Microsoft Windows, which provides a clear picture about the health of connected storage devices.
Monitoring storage devices is essential when working with computer systems. Failure of a storage device could result in data loss or damage to system files.
It's a good idea to regularly create, copies backup your important files so you can be sure your data won't be lost when your storage devices fail. And it is certain that at some point they will fail, since they have a life time. By monitoring these devices with specialized software you can know when to replace them, before the fatality happens.
Clear Disk Info is a diagnostic program as it scans all connected storage devices and shows you its results. Supports Solid State Drives (ssd), mechanical hard drives and Flash drives.
Once booted it will show you in a column on the left all the connected devices. The list is not updated automatically, but only manually. For each storage device included in the sidebar indicate the name, size, temperature, speed / lifespan, status and activation hours.
Just select one of the devices shown in the sidebar and you will see additional information in the main area. The program helps them users, highlighting the important and critical parts of the information, using a color and symbol code.
Critical and important information such as device temperature, power-on times, reallocated sectors or predicted failure are highlighted with icons (yellow and red) and it's a good idea to start looking at those values first.
The information marked in green indicates that it is OK and that you do not need to worry about it.
The Clear Disk Info menu includes options to check for discs, repair them, and optimize them. It has shortcuts associated with these options for even faster access. The information can be exported to a text file.
In conclusion
Clear Disk Info is a simple one diagnostic program for Windows that checks the health of all storage devices. It may not be the most feature-rich program, but it's fast and easy to use. Corresponding programs that we have mentioned from time to time are the Crystal disk and hwinfo.
