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Software to read S.M.A.R.T. (SMART) values from USB hard disk drives (Windows)

Please recommend Windows software that can read S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology; often written as SMART) values from hard disk drives (HDDs) that are connected via USB. ...
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Software to Freeze Changes to a Windows PC

Years ago I was told someone got software installed on their Windows XP workstation that essentially froze the current state of the drive. While it was turned on, I'm guessing all writes were ...
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Disk Activity for Windows 7 (and optional Windows XP)

The following pictures shows live disk I/O activity from Windows 8.1 Are there such software for Windows 7 (and optionally Windows XP)? Some requirements (best to have): portable, gratis and offline
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Get real-time I/O of any storage devices in Windows

Currently, Windows 7 have Resource Monitor to measure storage devices (e.g. HDD, USB Thumb drives, etc). However, it does not display real-time I/O speed. Resource Monitor only shown the Active Time (%...
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Mount VMDK files with write access

I am looking for a freeware solution to mount VMDK files on Windows. Requirements: Mount as drive letter Write access Windows 7 SP1 x64 Freeware / gratis Commercial use allowed I have already tried:...
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Hierarchical storage management Windows

Is there any Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) products running on Windows priced at consumer level, or even better free/opensource? Idealy it would Virtualise multiple storage devices and ...
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Disk performance utillity tool

I have an issue with my system which seems to be related with my disk (HDD). I want to confirm that disk is not working as it should. Is there any utility for this which runs on Windows 7? Any ...
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