Western Digital Kitfox
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Spec sheet
- Purpose
- Western Digital Kitfox assists with WD drive testing, temperature monitoring, and health checks.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Intended users
- The listed supported drives and features describe Kitfox as a utility for Windows users checking and managing compatible WD drives.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Support
- The page says Western Digital does not provide support for third-party software or hardware.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Headquarters
- Western Digital lists its corporate headquarters at 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119, USA.Read 9 Oct 2026 · westerndigital.com
- Founded
- A Western Digital sustainability report states that the company was founded in 1970 in Santa Ana, California.Read 9 Oct 2026 · documents.westerndigital.com
- Device logs
- Device logs provide configuration and SMART information, and the Identify Device option reports configuration information.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Device summary
- Device Summary provides device information, speed and security, and available and used disk space.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Diagnostics
- Kitfox offers a quick Short Test and a thorough Extended Test, then displays a PASS or FAIL result.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Drive diagnostics
- The utility offers short quick health tests and extended thorough health tests, then displays a PASS or FAIL result.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Drive limitation
- Other internal and external drives may appear in Kitfox but are not supported.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Drive summary
- Device Summary provides device information, device speed and security, and available and used disk space.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Erase
- It offers Quick Zeros and Full Zeros erase options; Full Zeros overwrites the drive media and makes data unrecoverable.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Erase options
- Kitfox offers Write Quick Zeros and Write Full Zeros; the page says Full Zeros makes data unrecoverable and may take several hours.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Logs
- Device logs provide configuration and SMART information, including Identify Device and SMART Read Data/Feature D0H views.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- macOS compatibility
- Western Digital Kitfox is not compatible with macOS.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Security update
- Western Digital says Kitfox for Windows version 1.1.1.1 included a security improvement fixing a vulnerability in how KitfoxService was registered on Windows.Read 9 Oct 2026 · westerndigital.com
- Supported drives
- Supported retail internal drives include WD_BLACK and WD HDD models in the Black, Blue, Green, Red, Purple, and Gold families.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Supported external drives
- The page lists WD_BLACK P10 and D10 as supported retail external drives.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Supported OS
- The listed supported operating system is Windows 11, and Kitfox is not compatible with macOS.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Temperature
- It monitors supported WD drive temperatures in the Device Health section.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Unsupported drives
- Internal and external drives may appear in Kitfox even when they are not supported.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
- Windows support
- The page lists Windows 11 as a supported operating system.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support-en.wd.com
Where Specifiction places it
- Disk Health Monitoring Software#28 of 306.7
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