Advice Request Is Kaspersky' hard drive diagnostics reliable ?

[JB007]

Hello,
Hello I'm using Kaspersky Plus and I'm wondering if Kaspersky' hard drive diagnostics is reliable ?

 

[ForgottenSeer 93475]

don't think so I turn it off and most other things. Kaspersky has become very swollen
Nevertheless @harlan may be more knowledgeable as he tests the features kaspersky
or it may be useful for @Shadowra to test these features to find out their true capabilities and compare them with specialized programs such as Hard Disk Sentinel

 

[roger_m]

Hello,
Hello I'm using Kaspersky Plus and I'm wondering if Kaspersky' hard drive diagnostics is reliable ?

In theory it should be, as it's reading the hard drive or SSD's S.M.A.R.T. diagnostic data, rather than doing its own testing.

About Hard Drive Health Monitor

support.kaspersky.com

I just took a look and Kaspersky is reporting both the SSDs in my PC as having 100% health. But, Hard Disk Sentinel is showing 97% health for one and 91% for the other. Perhaps HD Sentinel better supports my SSDs. But that's just a guess. Anyway, until now, I'd never noticed that Kaspersky had this feature.

 

[JB007]

I did not know "Hard Disk Sentinel"; is it a trusted and reliable software ?

 

[harlan4096]

Using last beta of K.Plus 21.13:

Spoiler

 

[roger_m]

I did not know "Hard Disk Sentinel"; is it a trusted and reliable software ?

Yes, it's excellent. Unlike just about all other such software, it gives a clear description of the health of your SSDs or hard drives, along with an estimated remaining life.

 

[JB007]

Using last beta of K.Plus 21.13:

Spoiler

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Nice, it will become more complete

 

[harlan4096]

In my pics I'm comparing info from Crucial official tool for SSD (on the left) to KPlus 21.13 beta tool (on the right)

 

[JB007]

It seems that Kaspersky' hard drive diagnostics doesn't work well on my desktop:

 

[Berny]

Hi @JB007

I can reproduce your issue on my internal "C" SSD and on my external SSD's,
but opening the history from my external HDD's is no problem

 

[JB007]

I tried Hard Disk Sentinel free trial and the results are complete for my HDD but not for my SSD (no temperature available); probably my SSD is too old ?!

 

[Berny]

Did you try a second opinion with Crystal Disk Info (Portable) ?

 

[flaubert1971]

I tried Hard Disk Sentinel free trial and the results are complete for my HDD but not for my SSD (no temperature available); probably my SSD is too old ?!
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Probably.

I am a kaspersky user but HDSP is my favorite software for check my HDD, SSD and NVME. No problems here:

 

[Jonny Quest]

Did you try a second opinion with Crystal Disk Info (Portable) ?

Nice free utility

 

[simmerskool]

I tried Hard Disk Sentinel free trial and the results are complete for my HDD but not for my SSD (no temperature available); probably my SSD is too old ?!
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good thread!! my pc has 3 ssd, 1 internal hdd, 1 external hdd, none of which I was paying attention to, installed hdsentinel and it reports 1 internal hdd is soon to fail. good news all the others are "excellent" and I get temp reading on my ssds. This software is very comprehensive. thanks!

 

[JB007]

Did you try a second opinion with Crystal Disk Info (Portable) ?

Merci @Berny
I'll try ASAP.
Is it necessary to uninstall Hard Disk Sentinel before using CrystalDiskInfo ?

 

[Jonny Quest]

Merci @Berny
I'll try ASAP.
Is it necessary to uninstall Hard Disk Sentinel before using CrystalDiskInfo ?

lol, no, I'm not Berny, so my apologies, but since it's a zip file that just unpacks and doesn't install and is only run on-demand, you will be fine, as it will not conflict with HDS. Just maybe exit out of HDS first, if needed. Sorry, @Berny but I just couldn't curb my enthusiasm

 

[JB007]

lol, no, I'm not Berny, so my apologies, but since it's a zip file that just unpacks and doesn't install and is only run on-demand, you will be fine, as it will not conflict with HDS. Just maybe exit out of HDS first, if needed. Sorry, @Berny but I just couldn't curb my enthusiasm

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Thanks @Jonny Quest
I really appreciate your enthusiasmand your help (and @Berny help too) !

 

[JB007]

Did you try a second opinion with Crystal Disk Info (Portable) ?

Nice free utility

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I tried CrystalDiskInfo and with it also a disk without temperature...

 

[Jonny Quest]

I tried CrystalDiskInfo and with it also a disk without temperature...
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Interesting, I'm not sure why it didn't