February 3rd, 2012Improvements and new features::
· Disk menu -> Online Warranty Check: verify drive warranty status on manufacturer website
· 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
Improved hardware support:
· 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
Bug fixes, further modifications:
· 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
September 14th, 2011Improvements 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
November 7th, 2008· Added support for newer NVidia chipsets and different previously unsupported controllers
· Added 300+ new hard disks to database
· Properly support Dutch language (thanks to Geert Pirens)
· Properly support Ukrainian language (thanks to Alexey Lugin)
· Improved speed and responsiveness of the software
· Detecting and displaying hard disk controller and location information
· Detecting and displaying new disk features (free-fall control, NV cache size, etc.)
· Detecting and displaying more version and transport details
· Menu and report changes, improvements
October 1st, 2007· minor fixes and improvements
May 10th, 2007· Added service and EXE descriptions
· Added Czech language file (thanks for Mr. Bohuslav Bradac)
· Added Vista style hard disk icons
· Added detailed driver information to raw reports
· Updating real time disk transfer rate graphs when the main window is not visible
· It is possible to uninstall the service when stopping with shortcut from Hard Disk Sentinel program group
· Displaying warning before entering service mode under Vista
· Major user interface fixes and improvements (graphs, graph controls, SCSI S.M.A.R.T. list, window position, size and minimize command)
· S.M.A.R.T. list background image removed to improve speed and reduce memory usage
· Fixed problem when displaying log
June 23rd, 2006· Displaying total power on time and estimated lifetime remaining, interface changes and improvements
March 7th, 2006· sends total and free space statistics in e-mails for all logical drives
· option to specify detection frequency
· icons turn to yellow / orange / red as temperature increases
· option to play sound on failure, overheat or new log entry
· saves and displays average temperature for all days
· saves and displays maximum temperature for all days
· status window color can be freely changed
· UI fixes and improvements
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