What software do you recommend for checking file hashes?

To create and verify bulk checksums i use total commander but for single file checks i use the built in crc check from 7zip.

 

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You can find them on the internet in tons of them, craftsmen have produced them a lot.
But you can always use Windows' own simple command line feature
Example

Code:

certutil -hashfile "<full path to file with file name and extension>" MD5
or in real life
certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\Public\example.txt" MD5

You can use MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, etc (try yourself)
Here is my test result, just for example

Code:

certutil -hashfile "F:\OfficeProPlus2021Retail.img" SHA1
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.1682]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>certutil -hashfile "F:\OfficeProPlus2021Retail.img" SHA1
You'll get
SHA1 hash of F:\OfficeProPlus2021Retail.img:
e429862c1f9288cd8f723a09e9176919147fc19f
CertUtil: -hashfile command completed successfully.

 

Powershell:

Code:

powershell -c "Get-FileHash PATH_TO_ISO -Algorithm SHA1"

Just open a CMD window, for example: powershell -c "Get-FileHash C:\ISO\en-us_windows_10_iot_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_dvd_257ad90f.iso -Algorithm SHA1"

 

I'd recommend RapidCRC (from OV2). It doesn't add a new tab in the properties menu like the other ones, but adds an option in the right-click menu of any file. It also supports creating checksum files and also registers the extension should you want to double-click on checksum file and check. I'd recommend it if you regularly need to create or check checksums.

For checking from time to time, I'd say to use 7-zip's internal checksum verifier.

 

Nor have you accidentally noticed that it is more than terribly old and rudimentary.
Also, MD5 hasn't been used officially for more than 10 years and CRC32 - thank You, but no, my Dear!

 

What are you talking about? It has all possible hashes, and it was last updated last year.

 

Yeah, I don't get it either?!?

I'm responding to this because it sounded like @kaljukass thought that MD5 and CRC32 is not still relevant as of this day.

Well my friend you have not been in my shoes, every hash and checksum value matters to me since my terrible data loss 2008 and I refuse to let my data be CRC32, MD5 or SHA1 unchecked.

This is totally unrelated to HashCalc, but I will not part of this invaluable tool for as long as I live (might vary if it's still supported in future versions of Windows) or else famous last words.

 

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I recommend HashTab, but offical site is gone now.

 

Jpsoft TCC (replacement for cmd.exe) has the "hash" algorithm implemented internally. Good enough for me.