The latest release of Drives Monitor 18.4 offers users a comprehensive tool for monitoring and visualizing disk activity, utilizing performance monitor data to track both physical and logical disks. This application is designed for Windows 8.1 and 10, and users encountering installation issues may need to install Desktop Gadgets Revived or a similar tool to ensure compatibility.
Key Features:
- Displays critical metrics for each disk, including percentage of active time and the rate of bytes read and written per second.
- Provides a real-time graph that allows users to click on specific drive letters, opening a fly-out window with detailed drive information such as model, capacity, type, number of partitions, cylinders, and sectors.
- Includes an Eject button for the safe removal of USB devices.
- Supports monitoring of hidden and mounted drives.
- Features a disk space usage bar that changes color: red indicates critically low space, while yellow signifies low disk space. Users can configure thresholds for these alerts within the settings.
- Allows switching between physical and logical drives, excluding certain drives from monitoring, and selecting specific information to display.
Extended Insights:
Drives Monitor 18.4 not only helps users keep track of their disk performance but also emphasizes proactive disk management. With the ability to monitor critical metrics and receive alerts for low disk space, users can take timely action to prevent data loss or performance degradation. Furthermore, the tool's intuitive interface and real-time graphing capabilities make it easier for users to understand their disk activity at a glance.
For those interested in enhancing their overall disk health management, Drives Monitor can serve as a companion to other applications that provide insights into hard disk health, such as WMIC commands for checking disk status or methods for addressing bad sectors and drive errors. Overall, Drives Monitor 18.4 is a valuable asset for anyone looking to maintain optimal disk performance and health
Key Features:
- Displays critical metrics for each disk, including percentage of active time and the rate of bytes read and written per second.
- Provides a real-time graph that allows users to click on specific drive letters, opening a fly-out window with detailed drive information such as model, capacity, type, number of partitions, cylinders, and sectors.
- Includes an Eject button for the safe removal of USB devices.
- Supports monitoring of hidden and mounted drives.
- Features a disk space usage bar that changes color: red indicates critically low space, while yellow signifies low disk space. Users can configure thresholds for these alerts within the settings.
- Allows switching between physical and logical drives, excluding certain drives from monitoring, and selecting specific information to display.
Extended Insights:
Drives Monitor 18.4 not only helps users keep track of their disk performance but also emphasizes proactive disk management. With the ability to monitor critical metrics and receive alerts for low disk space, users can take timely action to prevent data loss or performance degradation. Furthermore, the tool's intuitive interface and real-time graphing capabilities make it easier for users to understand their disk activity at a glance.
For those interested in enhancing their overall disk health management, Drives Monitor can serve as a companion to other applications that provide insights into hard disk health, such as WMIC commands for checking disk status or methods for addressing bad sectors and drive errors. Overall, Drives Monitor 18.4 is a valuable asset for anyone looking to maintain optimal disk performance and health
Drives Monitor 18.4 released
Drives Monitor utilizes performance monitor data to visualize physical or logical disk activity.
