История изменений программы Hard Disk Sentinel

Изменения в программе Hard Disk Sentinel 5.40 (20.03.2019):

• added option to configure offsets for SCSI, SAS hard disk drives/SSDs, NVMe SSDs, industrial SD memory cards
• added watchdog extension: protection against unwanted closing/termination after running for multiple days
• detect and display new problems, degradations of SCSI, SAS disk drives on the Log page
• improved and extended Log page for IDE, SATA, USB drives: display additional problems, degradations
• it is possible to sort disks in Load status of offline disks window, multiple disk test selector window, authentic report selector window
• it is possible to find (CTRL+F, F3) in Load status of offline disks window, multiple disk test selector window, authentic report selector window

• added support of Lenovo 720I SATA/SAS RAID controllers: detect complete status of SATA/SAS hard disks, SSDs managed by such RAID controllers
• added/improved support of HP RAID controllers: Smart Array H240nr, Smart Array P240nr, Smart Array P542D: detect complete status of SATA/SAS hard disks, SSDs managed by such RAID controllers
• added support of HPE P/E-Class SR Gen10 SATA/SAS RAID controllers (tested: HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10)
• added support of Intel RSP3TD160F SAS RAID controller: detect complete status of SATA/SAS hard disks, SSDs managed by this RAID controller
• completely redesigned and fixed drive order, logical drive detection with Intel, LSI, Dell, IBM RAID controllers
• completely redesigned VIA RAID controller detection: detect and display logical/physical disks better
• completely redesigned JMicron-RAID detection: detect complete disk status, RAID members and their health, temperature, self-monitoring status 10-40 times faster than previously.
• added support of Kingston SUV500 series SSDs
• added support of Crucial BX500 series SSDs: display health and status information correctly
• added support for ASMedia ASM236X USB -> NVMe bridge: detect complete NVMe M.2 SSD status over USB connection
• added support of USB-NVMe adapters with JMicron JMS583 chip: detect and display complete NVMe status information
• added support of Jeyi I9, ITHOO Tech USB-NVMe adapter
• added support of UNITEK S1201A USB3.1 Type-C to M.2 (PCIe/NVMe) Enclosure
• added support of Icy Box and Delock External enclosure for M.2 NVMe SSD, USB 3.1 Type-C, Glotrends Scorpio M.2 NVME USB-C External Enclosure
• added support of Corsair Voyager GTX pendrives: display complete self-monitoring status, lifetime writes and details
• added support of Mediasonic K32-SU3 external USB 3.0 - SATA hard disk enclosure
• added support of ICY BOX IB-231StU3 external USB hard disk enclosure
• added support of RaidOn dual drive RAID devices: detection of both hard disk drives / SSDs used with temperature, health and complete self-monitoring S.M.A.R.T. information.
  Supported devices: RaidOn iR2623-S3, iR2772-S3, iR2771-S3, iR2770, iR2022, iR2622, SR2611-2S-S2R+, GR3680-SB3
• added support of Oyen Digital MiniPro RAID V3 enclosure and SilverStone TS231U-C enclosure: detect complete disk status of both hard disk drives / SSDs used in both standalone and any RAID mode
• improved support of ADATA SX8200NP NVMe M.2 SSD (previous version may showed 0% health)
• improved detection and display of Crucial P1 M.2 NVMe SSD, HP SSD EX920 1TB, XPG GAMMIX S11 and various NVMe M.2 SSDs
• improved detection with Intel SMART Response Technology (SSD cache) with newer Intel RAID drivers
• improved support of Intel SSDSC2KW120H6 SSD, ADATA SP550 SSD, SK Hynix SSDs, Kingspec SSDs, LiteON SSDs
• improved support of ADATA SU650 SSD, KINGSTON RBUSNS8280S3128GH2 SSD, Seagate Barracuda SSDs, Intel SSDPEKNW512G8
• improved support of Adaptec SAS/SATA RAID controllers
• improved support of 3ware 9650 SATA, 9690 SATA/SAS RAID controllers
• improved support of Sandisk SD8TB8UxxxG1001, SD8TN8UxxxG1001, SD9SN8W-xxxG-1006 models
• improved compatibility with MO (Magneto-optical) drives, Lexar Jumpdrive F35 pendrives
• improved disk drive temperature display on HP RAID controllers
• improved support of multi-disk enclosures / docking stations with JMicron chipset and ASMEDIA chipset
• improved NVMe status detection under Windows 7 with Intel RST driver 15.7 (available from Support -> Driver Zone)
• improved compatibility with HP SAS Expander
• improved support of VLI 711 USB-ATA chipset
• improved power on time reporting on TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100, FUJITSU MHY2250BH, HUS726040ALS214 and various SAS hard disk drives
• reporting correct health for WD BLUE SSDs (previous version may showed 1% health)
• added support of Apacer AS330 Panther
• detection of UASP transfer mode on double (multi-drive) docking stations
• fixed: detect multiple NVMe SSD status on Intel VROC when SSDs are in standalone (non-RAID) configuration

• improved display during surface test: show surface reinitialization level, show disk number in title
• display disk comment in random seek test window instead of acoustic level (if comment defined)
• transfer rate tray icon (when enabled) automatically shows transfer rate in MB/sec instead of KB/s when the value is at least 1 MB/sec
• improved display of SCSI/SAS disks in "Load status of offline disks" window
• improved authentic report saving
• improved support and display of Arabic, Korean language
• complete Greek help (thanks for Michael I. Goudevenos for the translation)
• drives un-selected (hidden) from main window are not selected in save authentic report window
• fixed Windows OS type detection on 64 bit Windows 10 systems
• minor changes, modifications

Изменения в программе Hard Disk Sentinel 5.30 (17.07.2018):

• improved installation when Controlled Folder Access function in Windows Defender is active
• display notification and ask for whitelisting when Controlled Folder Access function in Windows Defender is active which prevents access/testing of disks and detection of disk status information
• detect and display TRIM status for SATA, NVMe SSDs correctly again after April 2018 update of Windows 10
• displaying additional NVMe functions / optional features
• improved connection and on-line registration, activation
• improved report sending via Report menu -> Send test report to developer option
• improved / changed automatic update
• manual update asks for confirmation of the update when new version found

• improved Intel RAID detection, LSI RAID detection
• HP RAID: improved reporting of SmartSSD Wear Gauge Utilization. Added Remaining Days Until Wearout value to S.M.A.R.T. page
• added support of Community OFA NVMe driver for NVMe SSDs
• added support of Apacer APS25AF4120G SSD (SM130-25)
• display health status correctly of new Kingston A400 series SSDs (may reported 0% on the beginning of lifetime)
• improved NVMe M.2 SSD detection on Windows 7
• improved detection of external RAID boxes
• improved health of various Toshiba SSDs
• improved support of new Crucial SSDs
• improved power on time display for various IBM, Seagate, Hitachi SAS hard disk drives
• improved power on time display for various Toshiba SATA hard disk drives

• fixed: write tests may show "Access denied" when the default "Lock volume" option enabled on external pendrive, memory card
• fixed: show error when there is no internet connection when update initiated
• improved showing single tray icon when "Display only highest temperature" option enabled
• improved multi-drive testing
• improved current temperature graph

Изменения в программе Hard Disk Sentinel 5.20 (23.03.2018):

• added option to monitor NAS boxes, hard disks used with Network Attached Storage devices
• added Configuration -> Advanced Options -> Monitor Windows Event Log for problems related to disks and storage subsystem. By this option, Hard Disk Sentinel Pro detects if Windows saves errors/warnings to SYSTEM event log and report recent problems detected while Hard Disk Sentinel is running/monitoring and use them in calculation of health to show issues, degradations (registered Pro version)
• display if Configuration -> Disk Control -> Disable detection of USB and SCSI drives checked and blocking detection
• added SSD features (Read Zeroes After Trim) and security features (Sanitize, Overwrite, Crypto scramble, Block erase etc.) to Information page and reports
• detection and reporting new ATA standards and new ATA / Serial ATA features on Information page: Device sleep (DevSleep), Service interrupt, Device encrypts all data, IDLE IMMEDIATE, Nominal form factor, NCQ Streaming and autosense, Rebuild assist, Hybrid information
• display TRIM status in addition to complete health / temperature / status for NVMe / M.2 SSDs
• displaying custom configured temperature thresholds on Temperature page
• displaying lifetime writes of hard disks on main overview page (if supported, for example new Seagate and WD Black drives)
• improved WRITE testing (Surface test -> Write test, Write+Read, Reinitialise disk surface) to prevent "access denied" error
• updated Help to cover new functions, features
• completely redesigned tray icon handling: better sort/move/order tray icons under Windows 7, 8.1, 10
• improved disk surface test performance with Intel, LSI, Dell SAS RAID controllers and SAS HBAs
• improved disk surface test performance with hard disks formatted with 520 / 528 bytes/sector
• improved text description on various errors/problems

• detection of NVMe SSD status when Intel RAID configured: detect complete status of standalone NVMe SSDs and NVMe SSDs used as RAID. displaying Highest possible transfer rate and Negotiated transfer rate for NVMe SSDs
• added support of integrated AMD RAID controller on motherboards with Ryzen CPUs: detection complete hard disk / SSD information, health, temperature, self-monitoring data of SATA drives managed in RAID configurations added support for ATTO RAID Rxxx controllers: detection complete hard disk / SSD information, health, temperature, self-monitoring data of SATA drives managed in RAID configurations. Detect SAS drives, their status and error counters when RAID configuration used displaying RAID controller temperature for ATTO RAID controllers
• added detection of complete disk status when ASMEDIA ASM1352R external USB RAID controller used: detection of complete status when RAID 0 / RAID 1 / LARGE / JBOD confiuration used
• added support of RaidSonic ICY BOX IB-RD2253-U31, Oyen Digital Minipro RAID USB 3.1 enclosure
• added support of Intel(R) Integrated RAID Module RMT3PB080: detection complete hard disk / SSD information, health, temperature, self-monitoring data of SATA/SAS drives managed in RAID configurations.
• added support of ASMEDIA ASM109x RAID controllers with proper firmware: detection complete hard disk / SSD information, health, temperature, self-monitoring data of SATA drives managed in RAID0, RAID1, SPAN/large configurations
• improved detection of Intel onboard RAID controller and drive status (previously some RAID disks could be missing, especially with multiple arrays and newer Intel RST drivers)
• improved industrial SD card detection, added support of industrial SD cards with newer firmware versions
• added support of Western Digital WD SSDs
• improved detection of FASTDISK SSD
• fixed health of Sandisk SSD PLUS 256 GB external SSD
• improved support and reporting of SK Hynix SSDs (including SK Hynix SC311)
• added support of Silicon Motion SM2258, SM2259 controllers
• added support of Silicon Motion SM2260 NVMe SSDs
• added support of ADATA SU800 SSD
• added support of KingDian SSD, Kingspec SSD, newer Kingston SSD, Patriot Blast and further SSDs
• improved NVMe SSD status detection under Windows 7, Windows 8.1 32 bit, added support of Plextor M8PeY NVMe SSD
• improved error reporting with Marvell 9230 RAID controllers
• improved detection time and compatibility with JMicron external enclosures
• improved detection with HP Smart Array P812 RAID controller
• improved detection of LSI / DELL RAID controllers when RAID 50 used
• improved detection of disk status information with newer HP Smart Array controllers, drivers and HP servers
• improved compatibility with Sandisk X300, Corsair Force LE, Micron SSDs
• improved compatibility with LSI / Avago / Broadcom SAS controllers, displaying SLOT number in Disk Interface field
• improved compatibility and error reporting for LiteON SSDs
• improved power on time count display of Toshiba hard disk drives
• improved compatibility with 4Kn (native 4K sector size) Enterprise hard disk drives
• improved compatibility with Marvell 91xx, 92xx controllers in standalone and RAID mode
• improved compatibility with LSI MegaRAID 8208 controller
• improved support of new Intel SSDs
• improved compatibility with some pendrives, memory card readers
• improved support of HP SAS SSDs, STEC SAS SSDs
• improved lifetime writes of various Samsung and Sandisk SSDs

• fixed: large external hard disks could be locked (was not possible to use safe remove)
• improved WMI support: no unwanted events in WMI activity log
• option to keep last NN archives during backup: increased to keep up to 1000 archives
• fixed: FTP projects did not clear old archives if "keep last N archives" option used
• fixed problem when disk(s) selected to be displayed when they are offline and their data files removed
• fixed: log of issued alerts not saved with Backup Configuration
• updated language files (thanks for translators)
• minor interface and tray icon changes
• fixed 64-bit world wide ID field

Изменения в программе Hard Disk Sentinel 5.01 (09.03.2017):

• fixed compatibility issue with LSI MegaRAID SAS controllers

Изменения в программе Hard Disk Sentinel 4.71 (31.01.2016):

• power on time display fixes for older Maxtor hard disks
• updated Dutch language file

Изменения в программе Hard Disk Sentinel 4.70 (28.01.2016):

• double click on the Health bar to configure custom health threshold for any hard disk / SSD (registered version only)
• File menu -> Drive connection/Removal event log displays drive connection / removal events (registered version only)
• detailed text description upon different problems (for example communication errors) and links to further details
• determine file stored in any sector of the hard disk drive / SSD: to get information about possible damaged files on
• unreadable sectors. (works on NTFS/FAT32/FAT16/FAT12 volumes, hard disks, SSDs, removable drives, pendrives, memory cards) Disk menu -> Surface test -> View -> Click on a sector to view the sector contents and then on the bottom click on "Detect file information for sector"
• new option: automatically detect and report all possible damaged files at the end of the complete surface scan. To enable, select Disk menu -> Surface test and in the new window, select Configuration tab, then on the bottom enable "Detect file information for sectors with errors"
• double click on the "power on time" label or value to show in years / days / hours format (when the device is older than 1 year)
• automatically re-adjust hard disk features (Advanced Power Management, Acoustic Management, Free Fall Sensor sensitivity) after hot-plug of the drive, without re-start (if the option enabled)
• detection of compatibility problems causing possible data corruption / data loss: Hard disk case: Capacity is not correct
• added option to save the contents of the Log page of each hard disks to reports (enable at Configuration -> Message settings -> Detailed report components)
• added option to detect and report System Management BIOS information to reports (enable at Configuration -> Message
• settings -> Detailed report components)
• improved "low disk space" alerts
• display of Seagate external USB hard disk enclosure model and serial number for warranty purposes

• added support of Samsung 950, 951 NVMe SSDs: detection of complete status including power on time, temperature, read/write statistics, wearout, etc. Requires installation of Samsung NVMe driver from Driver Zone page.
• added support of Samsung 950 NVMe Pro M.2 SSD: detection of complete status including power on time, temperature, read/write statistics, wearout, etc. Detection with both standard NVMe driver and Samsung NVMe driver from Driver Zone page.
• added support of Intel NVMe SSDs, Intel 750 SSD, INTEL SSDPEDMW400G4, INTEL SSDPEDMW012T4: detecting temperature, health, features, complete self-monitoring S.M.A.R.T. data Requires installation of Intel NVMe driver from Driver Zone page.
• added support of Dawicontrol RAID controllers: detect and display complete disk status information about hard disks / SSDs managed by Dawicontrol RAID controllers when the drives used in RAID configuration or standalone mode. Supported controllers: Dawicontrol DC133, DC150, DC154, DC300e/310e, DC324e, DC3410, DC4300/4320, DC600e/610e, DC622e, DC624e. Requires installation of latest Dawicontrol driver from Driver Zone page.
• added support of Marvell 9220/9230/9235 hardware RAID controller: detection of hard disk status when RAID/Hyperduo/standalone configuration of hard disks. Tested with Marvell 9230.
• added support of Intel RMS3CC080 SAS/SATA RAID controller: detect hard disk status when drives configured as RAID
• added support of JMicron JMS56X hardware RAID controller: detection of hard disk status when RAID/JBOD/standalone configuration of hard disks
• added support of RAIDON GR2660-B3 dual bay external RAID enclosure: detect and display both hard disks in the RAID configuration
• added support of RAIDON GR3630 2S SB2+ Raid device: detect and display both hard disks in the RAID configuration
• added support of RAIDON iH1010: detect and display both hard disks
• added support of Startech S32SAT3R Internal Drive Mounted Dual SATA RAID Adapter
• added support of Lenovo 720ix SATA/SAS RAID controllers: detection of complete hard disk / SSD information about drives configured as RAID
• added support of Lenovo MR9340-8i RAID controller (ThinkStation FLEX RAID Adapter): detection of complete hard disk / SSD information about drives configured as RAID
• added support of AMD Bolton chipset: detect and report complete status and S.M.A.R.T. information of hard disks / SSDs configured as RAID
• added support for USB 3.1 devices (controllers, enclosures, SATA->USB converters)
• important update for newer Sandisk SSD models, Kingston HyperX Predator
• improved detection and reporting of various SSDs (AData, Crucial, Micron, Kingston, OCZ, Phison, Patriot, Sandisk, Samsung)
• improved support of LSI / Avago controllers in general and when Cachecade feature used
• improves support of Intel RAID controllers, Intel C602 chipset
• improved compatibility with Toshiba external USB 3.0 hard disks
• improved USB attached SCSI (UASP) support
• improved support for SAS SSDs (lifetime and wearout statistics), SAS hard disks
• improved Adaptec RAID controller support, important update for Adaptec controllers
• improved compatibility and support of HP Smart Array SCSI RAID controllers (HP Smart Array 6i, HP Smart Array 6400)
• improved support of Seagate external SSDs
• improved reporting of Lenovo SSHD health and text description
• improved support of Promise 8760 SAS RAID controller
• improved support of Rosewill USB 3.0 RX200R-APU3-25B
• fixed: random seek test frozen on some external USB drives with 4K physical sectors
• fixed: Disk menu -> Surface test -> Disk contents inspector could not show sector contents on some external USB drives with 4K physical sectors
• fixed: real time performance monitoring may stopped after wake up
• fixed: disk surface test may not work on HP tablet PCs to diagnose eMMC card

• added Korean language support, thanks to pCsOrI for the translation
• improved multi-language support, fixes for Czech and Japanese languages
• fixed surface test window display when German, Dansk, Dutch languages selected
• user interface fixes, corrections
• improved system disk drive icon handling, real-time performance monitoring
• improved power on time calculation
• improved menu display and readability on dark Windows themes
• improved sending network message with NET SEND, longer message with detailed information (on newer Windows OSes, WinSent tool can be used to receive messages/alerts)
• fixed text/HTML/XML report: system memory size may be incorrect on systems with 8 GB or more physical memory
• fixed text/HTML/XML report: last system startup time was incorrect
• fixed problem when exporting S.M.A.R.T. attributes
• minor changes/modifications in e-mail and report generation

Изменения в программе Hard Disk Sentinel 4.60 (13.01.2015):

• showing current driver version and date on Information page for the current hard disk controller / motherboard chipset
• showing Disk Controller and controller capability for USB drives on Information page
• automatically install HDSentinel.ini (pre-configured configuration file) if available in the folder of the installer
• advanced hard disk surface test error detection / reporting method
• improved hard disk error logs
• improved real-time performance monitoring
• improved capacity-check: reporting if drives over 2 TB can`t be properly utilised due to OS / controller restrictions

• added support for HP Smart Array RAID controllers: detecting and reporting error counters, temperature and health status, possible changes/degradations, SSD wearout provided by the RAID controller for SATA / SAS hard disks, SSDs.
• Tested with HP Smart Array E200, P400, P410, P420 and embedded B120i controllers.
• added support for Accusys hardware RAID enclosures: detection of hard disk status of Accusys 76510, 75170, etc.
• added support for RaidON MR2020-2S-S2R hardware RAID enclosure: detection of hard disk status configured in RAID 0 / RAID 1
• added support for CineRAID CR-H212 RAID enclosure and RAID enclosures with Prolific USB RAID chipset: showing complete hard disk status of both hard disks in all (standalone, BIG / JBOD, RAID0, RAID1) modes
• added support of Intel RMS25CB080 RAID controller (complete hard disk status detection of drives configured in RAID mode)
• added support of WD Black 2 hybrid drives
• improved compatibility with ASMedia SATA controllers (integrated and add-on cards) with newer drivers
• improved support for LSI MegaRAID 9361 SAS controller, Dell PERC H710P RAID controller
• improved reporting of TRIM function on different motherboard chipsets, disk controllers
• improved SAS expander / enclosure temperature detection
• improved support of Adaptec, Avago, Intel, Promise, LSI SAS RAID controllers
• improved support of various Samsung hard disks
• improved support and status reporting of hard disks with Lenovo-specific firmware
• improved support of AData, Corsair, Crucial, Intel, Kingmax, Kingfast, Kingston, LiteOn, OCZ, Plextor, PNY, Samsung, Sandisk, Smartbuy, Toshiba, Transcend SSDs
• improved support of SanDisk Extreme pendrives
• improved compatibility with Intel RST driver 12.9 and newer
• improved compatibility with Toshiba SAS hard disks
• improved compatibility with USB 3.0 IDE/SATA "combo" adapters
• improved support of Silicon Image RAID controllers with mutliple array / standalone disk configuration
• improved compatibility with external RAID enclosures with JMicron chipsets, do not display hard disks twice when they hard disks are in standalone (non-RAID, port multiplier) mode
• improved support of 2 TB 2.5" notebook hard disks
• improved compatibility with Seagate Freeagent Dekstop drives, external USB 3.0 hard disks / enclosures / docking stations
• improved reporting of CF Card status (with CF->IDE or CF->SATA adapters)
• improved S.M.A.R.T. reporting for SCSI / SAS hard disks: showing accumulated power condition transitions, load/unload cycles (if supported by HDD)

• fixed slow write test performance with LSI / Avago / Dell PERC / IBM / Intel SAS RAID controllers
• fixed online warranty check link for Seagate, Hitachi drives
• database updates, modifications
• improved multi-language support

Изменения в программе Hard Disk Sentinel 4.50 build 6845 (30.01.2014):

• Disk Short self test, Extended self test options available for SCSI and SAS hard disks
• option to disable "Always-on-top" behaviour of Status Windows (Configuration Status Window)
• double click on the installation date on Preferences page to configure installation date for the correspind hard disk / SSD and display daily average writes/reads based on that installation date
• improved and faster startup of disk surface tests on drives with lower health
• improved text description and improved report for hard disks / SSDs
• improved backup projects and file handling
• advanced health detection and reporting on various hard disk models (Samsung, Seagate, Hitachi, Toshiba, Western Digital)
• added Japanese language support (thanks Kyo for the translation)

• added support for Promise 4650, 8650, 16650 SATA/SAS controllers: detection of complete hard disk status when SATA or SAS hard disks configured as standalone or as RAID arrays.
• added support for LSI SAS3 (SAS 12G) 3008 Fury Series SATA/SAS RAID controllers: detection of complete hard disk status when SATA or SAS hard disks configured as standalone or as RAID arrays.
• added support for IBM M5115 SATA/SAS RAID controllers: detection of complete hard disk status when SATA or SAS hard disks configured as standalone or as RAID arrays.
• added support for BroadCom / Ciprico RAIDCore SATA controllers: detection of complete hard disk status when SATA hard disks configured as standalone or as RAID arrays.
• detection of all hard disks from RAID arrays configured by AMD integrated RAID controller. Report generic status (Good or failure predicted) for second and further drives and displaying complete information for the first hard disk. Works with driver 3.2.1540.92 ONLY (newer drives do not work) available from the Driver Zone. See Updating driver for AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller page for details.
• detection of Adaptec RAID controller temperature and SES2 enclosure information
• detection of possible S.M.A.R.T. information and reporting health for pendrives if supported, for example Sandisk Cruzer Extreme series
• improved support for NVidia chipsets, Intel RAID arrays and newer Intel RST drivers
• improved detection and compatibility with LSI controllers, Intel RES2SV240 SAS expander
• improved support for Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, Samsung, Sandisk SSDs in general
• improved compatibility and features of JMicron internal and external RAID arrays, showing hot-spare drive status as well
• improved compatibility with APPLE SSDs
• improved compatibility with various memory card readers, pendrives

• fixed "connection timeout" errors displayed when e-mail sending configured by @gmail account
• fixed temperature display after swapping hard disks
• fixed sidebar gadget temperature image when service mode used
• fixed reload of previously saved configuration
• fixed display of multiple errors detected in the hard disk log
• user interface modifications, generic adjustments for multi-monitor systems and larger resolutions
• Hard Disk Sentinel icon displayed in the list of Add/Remove programs

Изменения в программе Hard Disk Sentinel 4.40 build 6431 (11.07.2013):

• displaying health (actual and original) during Disk -> Surface test functions
• improved display of S.M.A.R.T. attribute changes: automatically showing more dates based on screen resolution
• double click on S.M.A.R.T. attribute graphs to toggle showing all measured values
• right click on S.M.A.R.T. attribute graph to export all displayed values
• improved hardware self tests (Short self test, Extended self test) on various internal and external drives (previously reported "Interrupted with hardware/software reset" caused by special power
• management implementations)
• improved report of hard disk status and attributes for SCSI / SAS hard disks
• improved re-adjust Automatic Acoustic Management / Advanced Power Management levels on startup when required
• improved "sending files in e-mail" project
• log data communication errors
• added Slovak language support (thanks to Lukas Surin for translation)
• added support of Seagate External hard disks, newer Seagate USB hard disks, FreeCom external hard disks
• added support of Adaptec 7xxx series RAID controllers in RAID mode: detection of complete hard disk status when SATA or SAS hard disks configured as RAID arrays.
• added support of Adaptec 2200S, 2120S, 2130S, 2230S SCSI controllers in RAID mode: detection of complete hard disk status when SCSI hard disks configured as RAID arrays.
• added support of PROMISE SuperTrak RAID controllers in RAID mode: detection of complete hard disk status when SATA hard disks configured as RAID arrays.
• added support of PROMISE FastTrak RAID controllers in RAID mode: detection of hard disks in the arrays and their general S.M.A.R.T. status
• added support of PROMISE enclosure information: displaying fan speed, temperature and voltage provided by the Promise enclosure
• added support of IBM M1115, SuperMicro SMC2108 RAID controller: detection of complete hard disk status when SATA hard disks configured as RAID arrays.
• added support of HighPoint RS5122B USB docking station
• added support of HighPoint Datacenter DC7280 controller
• general improvements for external USB 3.0 multi-drive enclosures
• improved support for Win XP 64 bit & different RAID controllers (Gigabyte, VIA, JMicron, etc.)
• improved support of JMicron USB 3.0 / eSATA RAID enclosures
• improved support of LSI, Intel SAS/SATA RAID controllers, displaying hot spare and unconfigured drive(s)
• improved support of HighPoint, Areca, LSI RAID controllers
• improved support of various hard disks (high capacity, 2-3-4 TB models) and newer SSD models (ADATA, OCZ, Samsung, Plextor, etc)
• improved compatibility for various card readers, pendrives
• improved detection of standalone (non-RAID) hard disks with HighPoint and Areca controllers
• improved support and compatibility for newer Intel RST drivers (12.x versions)

• fixed: service mode startup problems on some non-English Windows systems
• fixed: previous versions may displayed error at startup if WMI libraries damaged / corrupted
• fixed: webStatus displayed partial information if Intel SSD used in the system
• fixed: disk-specific settings were not saved for some Intel SSD models
• fixed: startup may failed when Acronis software used to split 2+ TB hard disks
• fixed: Portable version startup after uninstallation of license from the actual system
• fixed: custom icon set setting may reset after standby

Изменения в программе Hard Disk Sentinel 4.30 (22.02.2013):

• important update for hard disks / SSDs connected to motherboards with Intel chipsets
• important update for multi-drive enclosures (port multiplier and RAID enclosures)
• important update for various SSDs (Corsair Force GT SSDs, Samsung SSDs, etc.)
• display progress (% complete) on application button during hard disk surface test
• improved support of VANTEX HX4R, Chieftec, Sans Digital external RAID enclosures
• improved support for LSI SAS/SATA RAID controllers and DELL SAS/SATA RAID controllers
• improved support and health detection for various Seagate hard disks, for example Seagate Thin hard disks and Seagate hard disks with special firmware
• improved support for Areca RAID controllers, accessing hard disks and SSDs in different connected enclosures, displaying enclosure number and slot number
• improved support of JMicron JMB36X / Gigabyte GBB36X / HighPoint / VIA RAID controllers under Windows 2003
• added support for newer WD hard disk (WD RED, WD Enterprise RE, etc.)
• support of HighPoint 4522 RAID controller: detecting and displaying connected SATA hard disks (standalone and configured as RAID)

• fixed periodic false alarms reported by older Intel chipset drivers (providing invalid S.M.A.R.T. information)
• fixed invalid S.M.A.R.T. information reported by LSI SAS RAID controllers for standalone (non-RAID) SATA drives
• fixed display of volume labels in hard disk selector (upper left area) if one or more partitions have no assigned logical drive letter
• general improvements for Chinese language, fixed hard disk temperature symbol in Sidebar Gadget when Chinese language used
• fixed warranty check for Samsung hard disk drives
• fixed startup problem with Drobo enclosures / devices
• improved real time performance graph display
• improved and more stable dynamic DNS update function

Изменения в программе Hard Disk Sentinel 4.20 (18.01.2013):

• detect and display warning if the hard disk capacity can`t be fully utilised or the actual hard disk controller / driver may cause data corruption because of mis-addressing large drives
• option to save separate authentic reports for selected hard disks, saving current date and time and version to authentic reports
• option to copy log of disk surface test to clipboard
• option to select shut down / restart / standby / hibernate to be done upon hard disk problem (PRO version)
• improved "Do not allow spin down of disks" function, maintain low load/unload count
• improved multi-language support

• improved support for Intel RAID controllers with Intel RST driver version 11.6 and newer
• improved acoustic management / advanced power management / free fall control
• improved text description and support for Kingston SSDs, OCZ SSDs
• improved health and text description for Samsung 830 and 840 SSDs
• improved detection of multi-drive enclosures with JMicron chips + special eSATA controllers
• improved detection of 3+ TB hard disks in general, Seagate external USB 3.0 hard disk drives
• improved support for LSI SAS/SATA RAID controllers, especially multiple RAID arrays/controllers, detection of hot spare drive(s)
• improved details on Information page
• improved support for hard disks with DELL / Lenovo specific firmware and their information reported
• improved performance monitoring and compatibility
• improved lifetime writes display for OCZ SSDs
• added support for Intel RS25DB080 SAS/SATA RAID controller
• added support for newer USB 3.0 hard disks, for example Seagate Expansion Desk
• added support for ASUS BOT storage driver (USB 3.0 boost mode)
• added support for new SSDs, support for OCZ Vector

• fixed detection / startup problems with some Windows 8 systems with USB devices / special controllers
• fixed default sound alert notification file for Windows 8
• fixed default disk drive icon for A: and B: drives if they are associated with hard disk drive
• fixed invalid S.M.A.R.T. information reported for RAM disk
• service mode and tray application improvements
• improved tray icon hints, following the configured items at Configuration -> Status Window

Изменения в программе Hard Disk Sentinel 4.10 (06.08.2012):

• option to show power state, hard disk serial number, hard disk comment in Status Window and sidebar gadget to identify hard disk drives easier
• show hard disk serial number, hard disk comment in hard disk selector buttons if large buttons used
• Hard Disk Sentinel Tray extension: shows hard disk status, temperature on tray and offers complete status when Hard Disk Sentinel is running in service mode under Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 2008 (Pro version only)
• option to use custom hard disk icon sets to reflect hard disk/SSD health status and used capacity in Explorer at Configuration -> Disk control. See Icon Sets page for current available icon sets, IconLibMaker for creating custom icon sets.
• shows short self test / extended self test progress on hard disk selector buttons
• option to re-display short self test / extended self test progress window by clicking the flashing "hard disk test" button
• option to Update Disk Information form tray icon context menu
• added Dansk language support (translated by Kenneth Rasmussen)
• added Polish language support (translated by Wies aw Jurgielewicz)
• added Macedonian language support (translated by Eduard Ambartsumov)
• added Indonesian language support (translated by Elda Taluta)

• added support for ADAPTEC SATA and SAS RAID controllers (detection of complete status of SATA / SAS hard disk drives in RAID arrays)
• added support for IBM ServeRAID M1015 RAID controllers (with LSI firmware)
• added support for NewerTech USB 3.0 adapter
• added support for Intel X79 / Intel C600 Series Chipset SATA RAID Controller (detection of complete status of SATA hard disk drives in RAID arrays)
• added support for ADDONICS external RAID enclosure, CineRAID external RAID enclosure (detection of complete status of SATA hard disk drives in RAID arrays)
• improved support of Intel ICH RAID controllers, improved compatibility with Intel RST drivers 10.8, 11.0, 11.5 ...
• improved support for LSI, 3ware and HighPoint RocketRAID 620 / 622 on Windows 2003/Windows Home Server
• improved support and attribute list for various SSDs and hard disks
• improved support for Intel, Samsung, Corsair, Mushkin SSDs
• improved detection of hard disk power state on various hard disk controllers / USB adapters
• improved AAM / APM / FreeFall management on various controllers and USB adapters
• improved compatibility with Samsung hard disk drives reporting non-standard status information
• improved support for USB / eSATA RAID enclosures with JMicron / SunPlus chips
• improved support for various Toshiba hard disk models
• fixed "power on time" for Intel 330/520 series SSDs
• fixed missing hard disk status information for COMPAQ SCSI hard disks
• fixed missing hard disk status information for standalone SAS drives on Marvell SAS controllers

• fixed daily total read/written amount of data after sleep and wake-up cycle
• fixed daily minimum temperature slider
• fixed high CPU usage when Status Window is clicked to show partition information
• bug fixed on current temperature graph when removable hard disk disconnected and new drive connected
• bug fixed after restoring previous statistics, settings and registration information

Изменения в программе Hard Disk Sentinel 4.00.5237 (01.02.2012):

• Portable version: runs without installation and without modification of local system
• Disk menu -> Online Warranty Check: verify drive warranty status on manufacturer website
• Configuration -> Advanced options: option to change data folder location
• option to enter comment (tag) for each hard disks
• option to copy single line to clipboard from "Information" page after right-click popup menu
• hard disk surface test improvements
• option to export transfer rate values after surface test
• last detection timestamp displayed on the bottom status line
• added /TXTREPORT [filename], /HTMLREPORT [filename] command line parameters to quickly save complete report
• Reset workload counters function for Intel SSD
• displaying lifetime reads / writes for specific hard disks with support (Seagate, Hitachi, Toshiba)
• option to automatically re-adjust advanced power management / acoustic management settings on startup if required
• added Belarusian language support (translated by Yuri Petrashko)
• added digital signatures to files

• added support for DELL RAID controllers
• added support for HP USB external drives
• added support for Marvell 63xx/64xx SAS RAID controllers (detection of SAS hard disk drives in RAID array)
• improved support and attribute list for Sandforce SSD, Samsung SSD, Intel SSD models
• improved support for Crucial SSD, Kingston SSD
• improved support for USB hard disk drives and USB adapters
• improved compatibility for Marvell SATA controllers
• improved SCSI/SAS hard disk drive support: advanced health calculation, power on time display, test log
• improved detection of hard disk power state
• improved short / extended self test starting on Windows 7
• improved advanced power management / acoustic management configuration
• improved support for RAID 10 arrays on LSI controllers
• improved RAID support under Windows 2003 x64
• improved functionality after waking up from standby with some USB hard disk drives
• detecting drives A: and B: if they are associated with hard disks / SSDs

• using local APPDATA folder for Windows scheduler configuration files (.VBS files) under Windows Vista, 7, 2008, 8
• improved real-time performance detection
• bug fixed with tray icons under Windows 7 x64
• bug fixed with "registry-export" projects
• online attribute comparison and tray icon problems fixed with Samsung 2.5" SSDs

Изменения в программе Hard Disk Sentinel 3.70:

Improvements and new features:

• displaying lifetime writes for SSDs or lifetime start/stop count for hard disks (if available)
• displaying current TRIM status of SSDs
• displaying daily minimum temperatures
• improved text description for both HDDs and SSDs and special situations
• option to specify standard width for sidebar gadget (Configuration -> Status window)

Improved hardware support:

• improved LSI RAID controller support
• improved power on time detection for mobile hard disks, SSDs and SCSI hard disks
• added Intel SAS RAID controller support (RS2BL080, RS2WC040, RS2WC080, etc.)
• added support for SAS expanders (Intel RES2SV240, Supermicro CSE-M28E2, etc.)
• added Intel Z68 RAID controller support, displaying both SSD and hard disk status
• added support of external RAID enclosures with 2-8 hard disks
• added support for ICY Dock (2x2.5" -> 3.5" converter)
• improved compatibility for some USB hard disks
• improved detection for older hard disks (small capacity Quantum, WDC, Maxtor drives)
• 100+ new hard disks and SSD models added to database

Bug fixes, further modifications:

• improved report sending
• improved listing of S.M.A.R.T. attributes, keeping selected attribute when new hard disk selected
• improved display of offline disk information
• invisible mode fixes (service mode without displaying user interface, just issue alerts and provide details via WebStatus)
• all tray icons can be hidden (no need to display at least one tray icon)
• tray icon menu fix
• improved disk surface test (random, butterfly test improvements; fix for Windows 2000)
• fixed date/time format on some Windows 7 systems