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DiskCheckup Changelog

What's new in DiskCheckup 3.5 Build 1006

Apr 17, 2024
  • Fixed translations not displaying on the export options window
  • Added Japanese localization (credit: coolvitto)

New in DiskCheckup 3.5 Build 1005 (Apr 16, 2024)

  • Updated to remove paid licensing info, now free for private & commercial use
  • Built with SysInfo DLL v3.0 build 2000

New in DiskCheckup 3.5 Build 1004 (Aug 21, 2023)

  • Fixed issue where attribute 0 on NVMe drives was not being loaded
  • Fixed issue where TEC data was not saved properly on NVMe drives
  • Fixed issue where SMART export report may not show any attributes on NVMe drives
  • Fixed issue where SMART export report attribute names were incorrect on NVMe drives
  • Fixed missing icon for uninstall and add/remove/installed apps program listing
  • Re-exported help file to fix loading issue on non-English systems
  • Built with SysInfo DLL v3.0 build 1000

New in DiskCheckup 3.5 Build 1001 (May 11, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug where on some SATA drives the 'Temperature Warning Level Exceeded' was displaying even though temperatures were actually below what was set in the configuration menu
  • Diskcheckup translated into Chinese (Traditional) and French

New in DiskCheckup 3.5 Build 1000 (Apr 20, 2021)

  • Add support for more types of M2 NVMe solid state drives.

New in DiskCheckup 3.4 Build 1003 (Feb 3, 2017)

  • Added support for retrieving NVMe SMART info in Win10
  • Added check for 'SanDisk' in the model name and if detected, do not perform byte order reversal
  • Added check for 'THNS' (Toshiba) string in model name and if present, do not perform byte order reversal
  • 'ECC size' and 'Buffer size' are now reported as 'N/A' if the value is 0
  • Fixed low disk space warning incorrectly appearing for large drives (ie. > 1TB)

New in DiskCheckup 3.4 Build 1002 (Jun 17, 2016)

  • Added SATA signaling speed support to the device info. Fixed ambiguity between SATA signalling speed support and SATA transport compliance.
  • Fixed bug with exported report showing strange characters in the 'Interface' field
  • Fixed exported report not showing correct SMART attributes info for NVMe disks
  • Fixed attribute ID not being stored for NVMe SMART TEC data

New in DiskCheckup 3.4 Build 1001 (Mar 11, 2016)

  • Fixed bug with strange characters appearing on the TEC notification message box
  • Fixed bug with TEC notification incorrectly being triggered when temperature attribute is below the threshold

New in DiskCheckup 3.3 Build 1000 (Feb 6, 2015)

  • Updated list of SMART attributes according to the specific drive model. The set of SMART attributes to display is determined by performing a regular expression comparison on the drive model.
  • SMART Info tab now contains an 'Info' icon which displays a description of the SMART attribute when moused over. Each attribute may also display an up or down icon to indicate whether a higher or lower raw value is better.
  • SMART History tab now displays the raw value history.
  • A new 'Status' attribute is displayed in the Device Info tab which indicates that a drive is "OK" unless:
  • < 10% disk space is available in any of the disk's volumes,
  • Disk temperature is higher than the threshold, or
  • 1 or more SMART value(s) have exceeded a threshold
  • Device Info tab now displays the disk's real-time activity. The refresh interval can be configured in the Configuration window.
  • Fixed issue with dates being truncated in the exported report. Also removed errors appearing in the reports when no SMART history is available.

New in DiskCheckup 3.2 Build 1000 (Nov 16, 2013)

  • Diskcheckup translated into Chinese, Spanish, and German. Users can edit the localization.txt file in the program folder to translate to other languages. Users are encouraged to submit their localization.txt file for any languages that are not yet available to be possibly included in future releases.
  • Maximum number of devices increased to 64.

New in DiskCheckup 3.1 Build 1007 (May 10, 2013)

  • Fixed crash when retrieving the maximum native LBA for some USB drives
  • Disk Self Test is now disabled if not supported
  • Fixed incorrect error message displayed when attempting to execute self test

New in DiskCheckup 3.1 Build 1006 (Apr 19, 2013)

  • Added 'Hidden Areas - HPA/DCO' tab for detecting/setting HPA/DCO areas

New in DiskCheckup 3.1 Build 1005 (Aug 13, 2012)

  • Fixed crash (in XP) when exporting a drive's SMART history due to an uninitialized library
  • Added an exception handler to generate a dump on crash

New in DiskCheckup 3.1 Build 1004 (May 23, 2012)

  • Fixed crash (in XP) when displaying a drive's Device Info due to an uninitialized library

New in DiskCheckup 3.1 Build 1003 (May 17, 2012)

  • SMART attributes specific to common SSD drives are now displayed
  • Devices are now grouped into "SMART-enabled Devices" or "Other Devices"

New in DiskCheckup 3.1 Build 1002 (Apr 30, 2012)

  • DiskCheckup now displays all detected drives, not just SMART-enabled drives

New in DiskCheckup 3.1 Build 1001 (Sep 17, 2011)

  • Removed pop-up dialog when refreshing disks

New in DiskCheckup 3.1 Build 1000 (Jun 27, 2011)

  • Added support for executing disk self tests (if implemented by the drive)
  • Drive information can now be refreshed by pressing 'F5' or clicking on the refresh button.
  • Clicking on the drive icon will no longer refresh the drive information.
  • Minor UI fixes

New in DiskCheckup 3.0 Build 1008 (May 27, 2011)

  • Fixed issue with drives reporting the same capacity (SysInfo DLL fix)
  • Improved error handling for sending e-mail notification

New in DiskCheckup 3.0 Build 1007 (May 5, 2011)

  • Built with SysInfo DLL v1.0 build 1012
  • Fixed program not responding issue with some email servers that stop responding when sending email

New in DiskCheckup 3.0 Build 1006 (Jan 26, 2011)

  • Fixed memory leak when no SMART history available
  • Increased the number of physical disks supported

New in DiskCheckup 3.0 Build 1005 (Jan 5, 2011)

  • Fixed raw values displayed as hexadecimal in DiskCheckup report files

New in DiskCheckup 3.0 Build 1004 (Nov 30, 2010)

  • Fixed bug causing crash during startup
  • Minor fixes

New in DiskCheckup 3.0 Build 1003 (Nov 30, 2010)

  • Added SMTP authentication support for e-mail notifications.
  • Added '-d' command line argument for debug mode (Debug mode is off by default).
  • Added '-m' command line argument to start DiskCheckup minimized to system tray.

New in DiskCheckup 3.0 Build 1002 (Nov 30, 2010)

  • Fixed issue with some drive types not being detected (but previously detected by DiskCheckup v2.1).

New in DiskCheckup 3.0 Build 1001 (Nov 30, 2010)

  • Fixed message prompt issue when there is a media card reader with no media inserted.
  • Fixed issue with e-mail alert not being sent when the disk temperature is equal to the temperature warning level.

New in DiskCheckup 3.0 Build 1000 (Nov 30, 2010)

  • Built with SysInfo DLL v1.0 build 1000
  • Includes support for USB/firewire hard drives
  • Updated list of SMART attributes
  • Updated the attributes in the Device Info tab to reflect changes in the SysInfoDll_Smart_GetDeviceInfo API
  • Fixed issue with SMART history not reflecting the current drive's SMART attributes

New in DiskCheckup 2.1 Build 1003 (Nov 12, 2008)

  • Added support for fixed drives without assigned drive letters.