Collection of tools for diagnosing and updating Western Digital drives.
Dashboard is a SSD drive management utility created by Western Digital for their solid state drives.
The program comes with a very blue interface that has its features arranged into different panels that can be accessed in the top portion of the application. It includes Status, Performance, Tools, Settings and Help.
The status section will show you just how much space is free and how much is being used on the drive. It also shows you the operating temperature and the remaining expected lifetime of the device.
The performance chart is a pretty cool part of Dashboard that tells you just how well the drive is performing by running TRIM tests.
Tools for Western Digital drives
The tools section is probably the most useful out of the features available in Dashboard with the option to update firmware, erase the drive, check out SMART data and with links to additional details about the Western Digital SSD drive.
Finally, while WD SSD Dashboard is running in the background, it can be used to send you alerts by email on whether there are any firmware updates available for the drive.
All in all, this dashboard utility for owners of Western Digital SSD drives is a great way to keep tabs on the health of your storage media and on top of updates available for the device's firmware.
Features of WD SSD Dashboard
- Acronis True Image: Create a full system backup for data recovery.
- Compatible devices: Works with WD drives, SanDisk SSDs and more.
- Data Backup: Schedule recurring backups to keep data safe.
- Data Security: Set password protection and hardware encryption.
- Drive Details: View information about the drive and its capacity.
- Drive Management: Monitor and manage your drive health.
- Drive Status: Monitor the drive health and temperature.
- Firmware Update: Keep the drive up-to-date for optimal performance.
- Over-provisioning: Adjust drive capacity to enhance performance.
- Performance Optimization: Monitor and adjust settings to maximize performance.
- SMART Information: View the SMART attributes of your drive.
- SSD Toolkit: Analyze and optimize the drive with a suite of tools.
- System Clone: Migrate data and applications quickly.
- System Optimizer: Improve overall system performance.
Compatibility and License
WD SSD Dashboard is provided under a freeware license on Windows from drive utilities with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 4.1.2.4 is the latest version last time we checked.
What version of Windows can WD SSD Dashboard run on?
WD SSD Dashboard can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
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