What's new in HDD Guardian Portable 0.7.1
Jan 5, 2017
- New:
- now is required administration rights to run HDD Guardian;
- added an initial support for Cherry Trail base boards;
- added hardware details in System page;
- added on System page, when selected a logical drive, the possibility to run drive benchmarks;
- introduced the reliability system also for SCSI device;
- now is possible to track also SCSI parameters;
- modified ATA ans SCSI errors log layout;
- modified SMART attributes table layout;
- side panel displays, for non RAID volumes, also the letters associated to the drive;
- is possible to set a custom device image;
- restore APM that some HGST models lost when system is powered off;
- Bugfix:
- fixed a bug when loading the hour of regular report;
- fixed some interface issues;
- fixed a GDI memory leak;
- fixed an error when preparing the regular report;
- fixed a side panel issue;
- fixed an issue with virtual devices;
- fixed some issues with errors log parser;
- fixed an issue with excessive temperature mail warning;
- fixed an issue with shutdown option;
- fixed an issue with lower temperatures icon;
- fixed an issue with 3Ware clipboard outputs;
- fixed some issues on ATA test panel.
New in HDD Guardian Portable 0.7.0 (Aug 1, 2016)
- NEW:
- now HDD Guardian needs .NET Framework 4.5;
- changed Overview, Manage and System layout;
- package now include smartctl 6.5 (issue Id #1590);
- added a specific debug for devices under an ASMedia 106x SATA controller into Manage -> Advanced page (discussion #646757);
- is possible to add devices that smartctl or HDD Guardian can't detect from Settings -> Device detection page (discussion #646400);
- is possible to export events log also in comma-separated values format (discussion #652826);
- now settings are saved inside HDD Guardian folder;
- new layout for tracking and warns of disk parameters on Settings window;
- now is possible to play a sound or power off PC when a device is failing or the temperature of a device is too high or in both cases;
- REMOVED:
- links to Google Code, mail and support group;
- custom temperature setup: threshold is provided by the disk (if it's not disponible the threshold is 50°C/122°F);
- BUG FIX:
- fixed bug into mail password field (issue Id #1581);
- fixed a bug on Areca controllers setup page (issue Id #1627).
New in HDD Guardian Portable 0.6.2 (Mar 12, 2015)
- New:
- added support for LSI Fury;
- added support for Dell PERC H200E ;
- added support for Areca controllers;
- added support for Dell PERC H310
- added capability to update language files;
- display device form factor in Manage -> Information;
- now is possible set a per-drive power mode from Manage -> Advanced;
- Attributes format and Firmware debug are moved into Manage -> Advanced page;
- Power mode is now removed from Settings window;
- display temperature information on Manage -> Temperatures page;
- is possible to set a different (newer) version of smartctl instead the one bundled with HDD Guardian;
- added many options in mail settings;
- added support for 3ware clipboard command from Settings -> Device detection (thanks to Binder Daniel);
- ATA errors are now excluded from calculation of reliability. Now calculation is based upon IDs 5, 196, 197 and 198 of SMART table;
- errors log now have an easy to read error description;
- added AMD, ATP and Silicon Power logo, SSD image sample and web link;
- Bugfix:
- fixed a couple of bugs affecting virtual devices;
- re-added code to Browse button on Settings -> Sharing -> Smartctl Output;
- fixed an issue with e-mail settings;
- fixed a bug into devices context menu (Xml report);
- fixed a bug that affects HDD Guardian under Windows XP;
- fixed some graphical issues;
- fixed GDI handle memory leak;
- fixed working time reported by Intel 520 SSDs.
New in HDD Guardian Portable 0.6.1 (Aug 22, 2014)
- New:
- package now include smartctl 6.3;
- Removed:
- standard notification e-mail. Now you have to set your mail server to send e-mail alerts;
- Bugfix:
- USB detection error;
- custom e-mail server settings issue;
- bottom panel displays a wrong ATA error count.
New in HDD Guardian Portable 0.6.0 (Jul 10, 2014)
- The release of HDD Guardian with the new redesigned interface.
- Package contains also updated languages (if possible) and the last version of smartctl.
New in HDD Guardian Portable 0.5.0 (Jun 27, 2013)
- New:
- added support for SCSI devices (thanks to Gerhard Schneider);
- package now include smartctl 6.1;
- package inclue swedish translation;
- device tray icon can display remaining life of SSD;
- added "Monitoring" section, where are moved devices tray icon and sharing options and the log viewer;
- graph with variations of monitored vital parameters, available under "Monitoring" section;
- section menu is available clicking on the top left menu icon;
- sections shortcuts keys;
- is possible update manually smartctl devices database;
- modified SMART attribute table layout;
- added capability to change powermode option for smartctl;
- added capability to copy data from monitoring report;
- added capability to generate a report file with monitored data;
- added Apacer, Mushkin, SuperSSpeed, sTec and Plextor banners;
- added a new utility that allow to monitor partitions activity (also with tray icons);
- is possible to disable USB devices connection/disconnection;
- Removed:
- old menu;
- icons on devices list;
- ASAX web link (is offline now);
- Bugfix:
- updated HP logo;
- Samsung web link now points again to www.samsung.com (only for SSDs);
- corrected an issue with monitoring of Samsung's Wear Leveling Count;
- fixed an issue related to output parser;
- fixed an issue related to device health fail message;
- corrected some little bugs.
New in HDD Guardian Portable 0.4.3 (Feb 11, 2013)
- New:
- package include german and finnish translation;
- add an initial support for LSI Falcon (LSI SAS 9211-8i) and Intel RST (QM77 chipset);
- Bugfix:
- fixed an issue that affect systems with more than one hard drive of the same model (only one was displayed).
New in HDD Guardian Portable 0.4.2 (Nov 13, 2012)
- Added Intel Matrix system support (thanks to Daniel Pixley) and temperatures can be displayed in Fahrenheit!
New in HDD Guardian Portable 0.4.1.0 (Nov 13, 2012)
- Added "Performance" section, that allows to change status of Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM), Advanced Power Managemet (APM), standby frequency, disk write cache and Read Look-Ahead capabilities!
New in HDD Guardian Portable 0.4.0.0 (Nov 13, 2012)
- Now package is also available in portable version, added french language (I'm sorry for errors, my french is covered by rust!), is possible to export an xml summary for desktop enhancers, you can see geometry and partitions details and is introduced a five star rating system for devices realibility!
New in HDD Guardian Portable 0.3.1.0 (Nov 13, 2012)
- Now support external devices (requires administrative rights) and monitor SSD health percentages!
New in HDD Guardian Portable 0.2.0.0 (Nov 13, 2012)
- Included languages: english (default), italian and hungarian.