geebee

HD Sentinel has something similar, but it's not free. It has multiple surface tests you can perform on a drive, in addition to the standard SMART tests. The equivalent you are asking about would be the write + read test, or reinitialize disk surface (more in-depth). You can configure the data pattern (zero byte, sector count, random data, etc). It has overlap with Stablebit scanner in terms of smart monitoring, etc, but scanner has a much better layout to organize/sort and custom name drives. I've always used sentinel's surface tests to prepare new disks before putting data on them. I basically reinitialize them. https://www.hdsentinel.com/help/en/61_surfacetest.html You can configure a couple of other things on the tests.

It's not an MS problem, it's a user problem. Fast ring, or the new dev, beta and release preview channels are there for developers to iron out compatibility and bugs before it hits mainstream. You are on a developer release channel, on the same channel that Covecube is probably tracking, expecting zero-day stability, that's not going to happen. Then move Drivepool out of the developer channel windows installation.