Ashampoo HDD Control
Ashampoo HDD Control is software designed to monitor the health of computer hard disk drives. The software is a product of Ashampoo, a company that specializes in computer optimization software that was founded in 1999 and is currently headquartered in Oldenburg, Germany.
- Analyze and report on hard disk drive life, efficiency and status
- Remove redundant and bulky files that serve no purpose
- Clean up hard disk drives and generally make them run faster
- Easily delete sensitive data that could create a privacy risk
- Provides an early warning against deteriorating hardware so users can take action before a disaster
- Available in dozens of languages and dialects, including German, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Polish, Italian, Portuguese, Dansk, Serbian, Norwegian, Finnish, Catalan, Chinese and more
- Only usable on Windows operating systems with no mobile support
- Advanced users will likely have no need for this software and will consider it bloatware
Despite the surge of solid state drives in recent years, most computer owners still have a good old fashioned hard disk drive as either a primary or media storage device on their computer or laptop. And while solid state drives aren't immune to problems, they are a lot less prone to them than an unstable metal disk that spins at over 7,000 rotations per minute. Naturally, software has arisen over the years to help people mitigate the risk and potential damage to data that can be caused by a faulty or failing hard disk drive. Ashampoo's HDD Control 3 is one such software. Its features include the ability to lower data access times, restore accidentally deleted files and help locate redundant or inefficient files and delete them. It's a solid deal at $30, and the software regularly goes on sale beyond that (it was $9 at the time of research). A corporate version of the software is available to monitor multiple computers at the same time over a network.
Alternatives to Ashampoo HDD Control
Belarc Advisor
BleachBit
PhotoRec
CPU-Z
Speccy
GPU-Z
TestDisk
Defraggler
CrystalDiskInfo
UltraDefrag
Auslogics Disk Defrag
Acronis Drive Monitor
Puran Defrag
