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On the recordRead 9 Oct 202622 facts
Western Digital Kitfox
Western Digital lists its corporate headquarters at 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119, USA.
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- Device logs
- Device logs provide configuration and SMART information, and the Identify Device option reports configuration information.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Device summary
- Device Summary provides device information, speed and security, and available and used disk space.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Diagnostics
- Kitfox offers a quick Short Test and a thorough Extended Test, then displays a PASS or FAIL result.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Drive diagnostics
- The utility offers short quick health tests and extended thorough health tests, then displays a PASS or FAIL result.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Drive limitation
- Other internal and external drives may appear in Kitfox but are not supported.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Drive summary
- Device Summary provides device information, device speed and security, and available and used disk space.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Erase
- It offers Quick Zeros and Full Zeros erase options; Full Zeros overwrites the drive media and makes data unrecoverable.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Erase options
- Kitfox offers Write Quick Zeros and Write Full Zeros; the page says Full Zeros makes data unrecoverable and may take several hours.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The listed supported drives and features describe Kitfox as a utility for Windows users checking and managing compatible WD drives.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Logs
- Device logs provide configuration and SMART information, including Identify Device and SMART Read Data/Feature D0H views.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- macOS compatibility
- Western Digital Kitfox is not compatible with macOS.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Western Digital Kitfox assists with WD drive testing, temperature monitoring, and health checks.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- 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.westerndigital.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The page says Western Digital does not provide support for third-party software or hardware.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Supported drives
- Supported retail internal drives include WD_BLACK and WD HDD models in the Black, Blue, Green, Red, Purple, and Gold families.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Supported external drives
- The page lists WD_BLACK P10 and D10 as supported retail external drives.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Supported OS
- The listed supported operating system is Windows 11, and Kitfox is not compatible with macOS.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Temperature
- It monitors supported WD drive temperatures in the Device Health section.support-en.wd.com · read 9 Oct 2026
