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Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic is free hard drive testing software designed for Western Digital branded hard drives. Data Lifeguard Diagnostic will also run diagnostics on hard drives from other manufacturers as long as the primary drive is Western Digital. Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools now comes in both DOS and Windows versions and was written specifically for the installation and diagnostics of Western Digital hard drives. Instructions: Extract and run the program, WinDlg.exe. WD Drive Utilities lets you configure, manage, and diagnose your Western Digital external drives. Smart asembly cracked. The interface is simple to use. You can scan for errors as well as check for increases in temperature, noise, or read and write errors, which can all be signs of a failing hard drive. Be sure to back up your drive first.

The WD Drive Utilities application is an overall management application for owners of newer Western Digital external drives.

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The application layout provides access to a number of useful features that are designed to take advantage of the tools and features of WD drives.

Starting off, WD Drive Utilities has 5 tabs to select between drive diagnostics, RAID management, Sleep Timer, Drive Erase and Registration.

The diagnostics here are useful for detecting any serious issues with the hardware and has 3 different tests: SMART Status, Quick Drive Test and Complete Drive Test. The latter is obviously the most comprehensive but also the one which takes the most time; useful for finding bad sectors.

RAID Management is self-explanatory and comes with RAID0 for splitting data between drives and RAID1 which mirrors between drives.

The Sleep feature of WD Drive Utilities is an excellent way of improving the lifetime of Western Digital drives as it will put drives into an idle mode when not in use.

Finally, the Drive Erase control needs less of a description. It does exactly what it says on the box.

Apimac timer pro serial. All in all, WD Drive Utilities provides a few neat features that aren't available as standard Windows functions.

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WD Drive Utilities on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs

This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from hard drive software without restrictions. WD Drive Utilities 2.0.0.76 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows 10 PCs but also without a hitch on Windows 7 and Windows 8.

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Compatibility with this smart checker software may vary, but will generally run fine under Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP on either a 32-bit or 64-bit setup. A separate x64 version may be available from Western Digital.

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  3. Major release: WD Drive Utilities 2.0
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