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Drive Health
from Helexis Software Development
What is Drive Health? (from Helexis Software Development)
Drive Health is a Windows program that helps you to estimate your hard disks Life Resource. This tool allows you to predict possible HDD failure and prevent losing the critical data. To estimate hard disk life our program uses special S.M.A.R.T. technology that is supported by the most of hard disk manufacturers. By im... Read more
Overview
Drive Health is a software program developed by Helexis Software Development. Upon being installed, the software adds a Windows Service which is designed to run continuously in the background. Manually stopping the service has been seen to cause the program to stop functing properly. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. The primary executable is named dhcore.exe. The setup package generally installs about 3 files and is usually about 896.84 KB (918,360 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 64% of users of Drive Health come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and France.
Program details
URL: www.drivehealth.com
Help link: www.drivehealth.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\helexis\drive health
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Helexis\Drive Health\uninstal.exe
Estimated size: 896.84 KB
Files installed by Drive Health
| Program executable: | dhcore.exe |
| Name: | Drive Health |
| Drive Health (service module) |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\helexis\drive health\dhcore.exe |
| MD5: | 3fb36a796a3d66abbbb56371c1164775 |
Additional files:
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dhreport.exe
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uninstal.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Service
- dhcore.exe runs as a service named 'DriveHealth' (DriveHealth) "Hard disk S.M.A.R.T. monitoring and failure predicting service.".
How do I remove Drive Health?
You can uninstall Drive Health from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Drive Health, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Drive Health.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 53%
Win Vista (SP2) 5%
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HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 21%
Keep it 79%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
52.63% |
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| Windows 10 |
36.84% |
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| Windows XP |
5.26% |
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| Windows Vista |
5.26% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
21.05% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
15.79% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
15.79% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.53% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
10.53% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
10.53% |
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Geography
64.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
64.00% |
| Canada |
12.00% |
| France |
8.00% |
| India |
4.00% |
| Italy |
4.00% |
| Russia |
4.00% |
| Taiwan |
4.00% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| ASUS |
38.46% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
23.08% |
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| Dell |
15.38% |
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| GIGABYTE |
7.69% |
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| Toshiba |
7.69% |
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| Intel |
7.69% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
14.29% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite A300 |
7.14% |
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| MSI MS-7522 |
7.14% |
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| HP ProBook 4720s |
7.14% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
7.14% |
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| Gigabyte Z68A-D3-B3 |
7.14% |
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