DiskCheck

DiskCheck is a simple diagnosis tool that you can use to view a list of all the hard disks and portable storage devices your computer is equipped with and get information about their performance.

Upon launch, DiskCheck prompts you to choose whether to launch the application directly or install it as a self-booting application and create a bootable medium. The standalone application can be started the easiest to take it for a spin.

Once started, DiskCheck initiates a scan of the entire system to detect the available hard disks and the portable storage devices connected to the machine via USB. For each entry, you get to see hardware-related details, such as the controller, the channel device, the manufacturer, the product name and its serial number, as well as the firmware version. If you connect a new device to the computer, you can choose to refresh the drive list with the click of a button.

But DiskCheck is not just an application that retrieves information about the storage hardware. It also comes with an integrated speed tester, a handy tool that can assess the performance of a hard disk or a portable device. It evaluates the reading speed of the selected storage medium at the start and at the end, as well as the cache reading speed, all in KB/s.

Aside from system information extraction and speed testing, DiskCheck also features a hex viewer, displaying the contents of the selected hard drive or portable device in hexadecimal.

DiskCheck is a simple piece of software, ready to gather data about IDE devices, with support for SCSI hard disks as well. It makes it possible for you to evaluate the reading speed of your hard disk. While it does display relevant information about your computer’s storage devices, it does not cover as many details as its concurrent apps. A redesign of the interface is highly needed.