Option between a quick or more thorough scan of internal or external HGST disk drives, including checking SMART status.
WinDFT (HGST Drive Fitness Test) is a freeware HDD tester app and HDD tool, developed by IBM for Windows. It's pretty user friendly.
The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below. We've also created some screenshots of WinDFT (HGST Drive Fitness Test) to illustrate the user interface and show the overall usage and features of this HDD testing program.
Utilities for analyzing, monitoring and restoring HGST HDDs
WinDFT is a utility that will quickly test your HGST internal and external hard disk drives. WinDFT will perform read tests without overwriting customer data. WinDFT also has additional utilities if you need to wipe the disk clean of data.
WinDFT also has additional utilities if you need to wipe the disk clean of data. WinDFT will perform read tests without overwriting customer data.
Features of WinDFT (HGST Drive Fitness Test)
- Compact: Lightweight and easy to use.
- Comprehensive Recovery: Recover a wide range of file types including documents, photos, videos, audio and more.
- Cross-Platform: Compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux.
- Data Security: Protect against permanent data loss with secure recovery methods.
- FAT Support: Recover data from FAT drives and partitions.
- File Preview: Preview recoverable files before recovery.
- File Recovery: Quickly recover lost or deleted files.
- Flexible Recovery: Retrieve files from various data storage media.
- HFS Support: Recover data from HFS drives and partitions.
- NTFS Support: Recover data from NTFS drives and partitions.
- Raw Recovery: Deep scan for lost files and folders.
- Scanning: Scan multiple drives and partitions for lost data.
- Speed: Recover files faster with advanced recovery algorithms.
- User-Friendly Interface: Intuitive and easy to navigate.
Compatibility and License
WinDFT (HGST Drive Fitness Test) is provided under a freeware license on Windows from drive utilities with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 0.95 is the latest version last time we checked.
What version of Windows can WinDFT (HGST Drive Fitness Test) run on?
WinDFT (HGST Drive Fitness Test) can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems with no dedicated 64-bit download provided.
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