TOSHIBA HDD Protection

TOSHIBA HDD Protection is a dedicated application designed to add an extra layer of protection for your Toshiba hard drive. Since there are lower chances for a desktop to experience impacts, the tool is more aimed at notebooks and laptops.

For starters it is worth mentioning that the program is designed to work with Toshiba systems only, so you are unable to access it if you have a hard drive from another manufacturer. The program comes with a simple and straightforward interface that allows you to turn the HDD Protection on and off. At the same time, you can set the sensitivity for the potential mechanical damage to high when you are on the go, a great feature for a laptop for instance.

It is worth mentioning that the program enables you to to increase the detection level for potential damage for a brief period when the lid is closed or the AC adaptor is disconnected. In case you travel a lot with your laptop and need to turn your laptop on and off at security checks in the airport, this function could come in handy. You can activate it by accessing the Setup Details button from the lower right corner.

The idea behind the tool is to keep a close eye on the head of the hard drive when it is exposed thanks to the embedded accelerometers that measure the increase of vibration of the PC. As you probably hinted, when the aforementioned vibration exceed a certain threshold, the application forces the HDD to unload the head of the disk and hence, prevent it from coming into contact with anything that could cause damage. Once the accelerometers deem it safe, the utility reloads the hard disk.

TOSHIBA HDD Protection could be a great tool to help protect an older laptop model that includes a mechanical hard drive, particularly if you are traveling with it quite frequently.