Check Health Status: Once launched, the tool will display detailed information about your hard disk, including temperature, health status, and other attributes.

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In a recent post on the Building Windows 8 Blog, Senior Program Manager, Windows Core Storage and File Systems, Kiran Bangalore, discusses a new NTFS health model and redesigned chkdsk (check disk ...

But if you like using the Disk Cleanup Tool, you may check out Comet (Managed Disk Cleanup), a new open-source program for Windows that aims to fill this void.