Free HDD LED 2.01 for Windows

by My Portable Software

Avg. Rating 4.1 (58 votes)

File Details

File Size 0.1 MB
License Freeware
Operating System Windows 7/8/Vista/XP
Date Added
Total Downloads 6,455
Publisher My Portable Software
Homepage Free HDD LED

Publisher's Description

Free HDD LED shows hard disk drive activity in real time in the systray area and on keyboard (blinking the scroll lock key led). It monitors all physical hard disk drives connected to the pc (ide/sata/usb). It also features a free disk space monitor (works also for pendrives, network drives and TrueCrypt drives).

Latest Reviews

Enlightenment

Enlightenment reviewed v1.98 on Dec 19, 2014

DriveGleam is better because it shows network traffic too, also its FREE and No Nag http://www.dirtcellar.ne...ivegleam/drivegleam.php

Hall9000

Hall9000 reviewed v1.85 on Jan 14, 2014

I have ver0.3. :-P . I did try the newer version after that and saw that nag screen. Trashed it. I'm staying with old version. I hate nag screens.

mchargue

mchargue reviewed v1.73 on May 10, 2013

Tried - found wanting.

I like FloatLED better,
http://www.stone-oakvall....com/floatled_index.php

sajjansinghania

sajjansinghania reviewed v1.35 on Jan 4, 2013

Beware !
This is not a free program.
They have a nagging screen for payments which reminds everyday.
Do not install it unless you are prepared to bear with the foolish 'Donate' button attached and repeated nag screen.

Spectre_I

Spectre_I reviewed v0.7b on Oct 14, 2011

I tried this and it works well. My only negative is it needs Admin Rights, making auto-startup a bit of a pain. I have been using an a similar little prog. called DriveGLEAM http://www.dirtcellar.net/software.php. Even though it's older, it has auto start to tray, and is more customizable as to which drives it monitors. Win 7 x64 - no issues.

helpdeskneko

helpdeskneko reviewed v0.5 on Sep 6, 2011

Handy little app for a laptop with multiple partitions. Would like to see an option to ignore specific drives though - Having an SD card dedicated to ready boost and the system reserved drive it gives constant low space warnings, have to do without for now - otherwise does exactly what I need.

jotte_ct

jotte_ct reviewed v0.4c on Sep 6, 2011

The app seems interesting but for some reason on XP it is scanning for drives every few seconds and it slows down the machine because I have a floppy (3.5") in there... ha! go figure.

StormChild

StormChild reviewed v0.2e on May 24, 2011

This is a neat little app which needs a bit of polishing, but is very promising!

What's new in 0.2f:
- added "hide system tray icon" option

rj65

rj65 reviewed v0.2e on May 23, 2011

@sweathog: It's not just eye candy; it serves a useful purpose when your disk lights are hidden away in the computer under the desk, or within the closed screen of a laptop that's connected to external keyboard, mouse and display. Handy to be able to see if the disk is thrashing when the system seems unresponsive once in a while.

BTW, while Float LED looks promising, it's 25 times the size of this little utility.

sweathog

sweathog reviewed v0.2d on May 20, 2011

This is simple eye candy, of course. So if that is the aim, Float LED, also free, is better. http://floatled.stone-oakvalley-studios.com/

Avg. Rating 4.1 (58 votes)
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Enlightenment

Enlightenment reviewed v1.98 on Dec 19, 2014

DriveGleam is better because it shows network traffic too, also its FREE and No Nag http://www.dirtcellar.ne...ivegleam/drivegleam.php

Hall9000

Hall9000 reviewed v1.85 on Jan 14, 2014

I have ver0.3. :-P . I did try the newer version after that and saw that nag screen. Trashed it. I'm staying with old version. I hate nag screens.

mchargue

mchargue reviewed v1.73 on May 10, 2013

Tried - found wanting.

I like FloatLED better,
http://www.stone-oakvall....com/floatled_index.php

sajjansinghania

sajjansinghania reviewed v1.35 on Jan 4, 2013

Beware !
This is not a free program.
They have a nagging screen for payments which reminds everyday.
Do not install it unless you are prepared to bear with the foolish 'Donate' button attached and repeated nag screen.

Spectre_I

Spectre_I reviewed v0.7b on Oct 14, 2011

I tried this and it works well. My only negative is it needs Admin Rights, making auto-startup a bit of a pain. I have been using an a similar little prog. called DriveGLEAM http://www.dirtcellar.net/software.php. Even though it's older, it has auto start to tray, and is more customizable as to which drives it monitors. Win 7 x64 - no issues.

helpdeskneko

helpdeskneko reviewed v0.5 on Sep 6, 2011

Handy little app for a laptop with multiple partitions. Would like to see an option to ignore specific drives though - Having an SD card dedicated to ready boost and the system reserved drive it gives constant low space warnings, have to do without for now - otherwise does exactly what I need.

jotte_ct

jotte_ct reviewed v0.4c on Sep 6, 2011

The app seems interesting but for some reason on XP it is scanning for drives every few seconds and it slows down the machine because I have a floppy (3.5") in there... ha! go figure.

StormChild

StormChild reviewed v0.2e on May 24, 2011

This is a neat little app which needs a bit of polishing, but is very promising!

What's new in 0.2f:
- added "hide system tray icon" option

rj65

rj65 reviewed v0.2e on May 23, 2011

@sweathog: It's not just eye candy; it serves a useful purpose when your disk lights are hidden away in the computer under the desk, or within the closed screen of a laptop that's connected to external keyboard, mouse and display. Handy to be able to see if the disk is thrashing when the system seems unresponsive once in a while.

BTW, while Float LED looks promising, it's 25 times the size of this little utility.

sweathog

sweathog reviewed v0.2d on May 20, 2011

This is simple eye candy, of course. So if that is the aim, Float LED, also free, is better. http://floatled.stone-oakvalley-studios.com/

cadire

cadire reviewed v0.2d on May 20, 2011

Handy little tool (and it seems to already have an option to start with Windows).

kcisobderf

kcisobderf reviewed v0.2d on May 20, 2011

If you need ideas for future versions, how about a "run when Windows starts" option?

Prospero424

Prospero424 reviewed v0.2c on May 18, 2011

Great little tool! And so tiny...

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