 Hello everybody! In today's video, I'm going to tell you about monitoring temperature of your HDD and SSD drives. How to find out the current temperature, what is the normal range of temps to use them in, what values are critical, and how to cool the drives down. A hard disk is one of the most important components in any desktop computer or laptop. Its reliability determines the integrity of your data. As any other component, it is supposed to have a certain lifespan. The length of this period is seriously affected by the temperature which the hard disk reaches as it operates. That is why it is important to monitor its temperature from time to time, especially when the weather is hot, and do something to help your disk exist in a cooler environment if necessary. There are a multitude of factors that affect the disk temperature. First of all, the temperature in the room where the computer works. The number and type of cooling fans in the computer case. The amount of dust, intensity of work, and more. In today's video, you will find answers to most popular questions related to monitoring temperature of your HDD and SSD drives. Hello friends! If you need to recover deleted data, view or restore removed browse in history. Hetman Software products will help you. Follow the link in the description. Download the necessary program for free. Install it and analyze the disk. The utility will show you the data you can recover, so you will be able to view it or get it back. In our channel and blog, you will find solutions to any problem, from installing an operating system or configuring it, to fixing possible bugs and errors or optimizing mobile gadgets. Our specialists will answer any questions you ask in your comments under the videos or articles. For starters, let's see how you can tell if the disk is too hot or too cold. There are many ways to do it and specialized programs to help you. Visit our channel for a detailed video tutorial on learning the temperature of a hard disk, central processor and other components. Just check the link below. To monitor temperature, I use the well-known tool, ADA64. Go to the tab computer, sensor. In the temperature section, you will find everything you need. Temperature readings are shown in real-time mode. Talking of SSDs, you may or may not see the temperature data depending on whether your device has a built-in sensor or not. ADA64 is an excellent tool, which is a must-have for every PC user. In addition to temperature, you can get tons of information on almost every device or program you are using. It provides access to so many things which you will never see, even if you use integrated Windows tools. It's even better if there is a dedicated utility to monitor the disk temperature and overall health. I mean real-time permanent monitoring, instead of the one-time check as provided by ADA64. For this purpose, the best choice is specialized utilities for hard disk diagnostics. Previously, I've already covered this topic in one of my videos, so I will leave the link in the description below. One of the tools I can recommend is HDD Live. This utility monitors voice temperature and smart values and will warn you immediately as soon as the disk condition deteriorates to the point when data loss becomes probable. Also, it will inform you if the disk temperature gets higher than normal. It's very convenient because you don't need to think about having to check temperatures now and then. The utility will do it for you and let you know if something goes wrong. If you decided to monitor temperature on your own and you must be wondering which figure is normal temperature and which is critical, actually, recommendations are very depending on the manufacturer. Most of them agree that 30 to 45 degrees centigrade is the optimal temperature range for a hard disk. Temperatures from 45 to 52 degrees centigrade are undesirable, nothing to worry about, but you'd better consider your cooling options. If your hard disk operates within the 40 to 45 degrees range in winter, summer heat can easily raise it to 50 degrees or even more. The point is that the rising temperature causes all materials to expand and that is very harmful for the hard disk. Talking of SSDs, their critical temperature is much higher, up to 70 or 80 degrees centigrade. If your HDD gets hotter than 55 degrees, this is the critical temperature you should avoid at all costs. It can reduce the disk lifespan considerably. It may work two or three times less than it would if the temperature was within the normal range. Any temperature below 25 degrees centigrade is as bad for the hard disk as that, although many people tend to believe that the colder the hard disk, the better. With low temperature, materials tend to shrink, which is not good for any hard disk. However, except for cases of using excessively powerful cooling systems or condemning FSC to working in an unheated premise, the disk temperature should never go lower than that. So, how can we bring down on the hard disk temperature? First of all, have a look inside your computer or laptop and clean it from dust. Most of the time rising temperature stands in direct connection with poor ventilation, as air holes and cooling fans get clogged with a thick layer of dust. Talking of laptops, users often place them on surface and other soft surfaces that cover air holes effectively and the hot air just can't get out. In our channel, there is a good video about cleaning computer from dust, and I will leave the link below. If your computer has several HDDs, make sure that they are installed at a distance from each other. If they are packed too close, rearrange the disks to create more space between them. This will prevent them from hitting up each other. Usually, every computer case has several slots for hard disks, so I recommend putting hard disks into, say, the first and the third slots. If you place the two disks as far from each other as possible, their temperature will certainly drop by 5 or even 10 degrees. If this step doesn't help, add an extra cooling fan to blow some air on the hard disk and reduce its temperature. For laptops, there are special cooling pads in average shop, but it could be much cheaper to just remember that a laptop should be used on a clean, firm level and dry surface. Before the overheating problem is solved, don't run disks to fragmentation. Use torrent-type applications or start processes that load the disk considerably because it can harm your storage device. I have already told you how high temperatures affect the hard disk. What is more, how hot a disk can become also depends on the disk type and model. For example, disks designed to operate at 5400 rpm are almost immune to overheating, while those doing 7200 rpm or more are at risk. To learn the normal temperature range for your specific hard disk, the best way is to visit the manufacturer's website. And that is all for now. Hopefully this video was useful. Remember to click the Like button and subscribe to our channel. Hit the bell button to receive notifications and never miss new videos. Good comments to ask questions. Thank you for watching and good luck.