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Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional Changelog

What's new in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 6.10 Build 12918

Feb 9, 2023
  • Added, improved support of hard disk drives, SSDs, Hybrid disk drives (SSHDs), RAID controllers, USB adapters, USB docks, USB enclosures
  • Changed images, graphics and disk drive icons

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 6.01 Build 12540 (Apr 21, 2022)

  • Quick Fix to detect and repair weak sectors quickly without performing a complete disk scan
  • Device Specific Information shows advanced hard disk / SSD details, statistics, errors
  • Extended S.M.A.R.T. attributes and additional status information for specific hard disks/SSDs/pendrives
  • added/improved support of internal and external hard disks, SSDs, RAID controllers, USB adapters, HDD enclosures

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 5.70 Build 11973 (Jan 19, 2021)

  • Improvements and new features:
  • added option: Include problem overview in alerts (Configuration -> Message Settings, Pro version only)
  • added option: Alert about problematic drive(s) only (Configuration -> Message Settings, Pro version only)
  • added links to text descriptions: show links with underline and option to click on them to open in browser automatically
  • added support of DELL PERC Software RAID controllers: DELL PERC S100/S300, DELL PERC S110, DELL PERC S130, DELL PERC S140: detect all connected hard disks/SSDs and their health, temperature and status information (configured as RAID or standalone)
  • added support of Broadcom 9500 series Tri-mode SAS / SATA / NVMe RAID controllers: detect SATA / SAS / NVMe RAID array members, display complete self-monitoring S.M.A.R.T. status of drives managed by Broadcom 95xx RAID controller, configured as RAID
  • added support of WD BLACK AN1500 NVMe SSD: display real health, wearout, lifetime writes, S.M.A.R.T. status of SSDs
  • added support of HighPoint 7505 NVMe RAID controller: detect the status information of NVMe SSDs used in standalone and RAID mode
  • added support of ROG RAIDR Express PCIe: detect complete status, health, S.M.A.R.T. information
  • added support of ORICO 3559U3 5-bay external USB 3.0 hard disk enclosure
  • added support of Yottamaster 4-bay and FS5U3 5-bay external USB 3.0 hard disk enclosure
  • added support of KIOXIA EXCERIA SATA / NVMe SSDs
  • added health display for LITEON ECE Dell-specific SSDs
  • added support of Sabrent Rocket 4.0 2TB NVMe SSD
  • added support of Crucial CT500P1SSD8 / CT1000P1SSD8, Micron 9300 Max (Micron NVMe driver)
  • added support of ATP AF8GUD3-WAAXX, AF16GUD3-WAAXX, AF32GUD3-WAAXX industrial SD cards
  • added support of ADATA SE760 external SSD
  • added support of RaidSonic Icy Box IB-1817M-C31, RaidSonic ICY BOX IB-1824ML-C31 NVMe-USB adapter
  • detect up to 240 hard disk drives/SSDs
  • added support of updated Realtek USB-NVMe firmware
  • added support of OWC Aura SSD: detect complete status, health, S.M.A.R.T. information
  • added support of AXE Memory external SSD
  • added support of Bulldozer, AFOX SSDs
  • Improved hardware support:
  • improvements, detection fixes for latest Windows Insider Preview builds
  • improved compatibility with Intel Optane configurations
  • improved support of Samsung 980 PRO series SSDs
  • improved display of lifetime writes with HP RAID configuration
  • improved health/status display of ADATA SX8100, XPG Spectrix S40 NVMe SSDs
  • improved detection with LSI / Avago / Broadcom / DELL / IBM / Intel SAS RAID controllers
  • improved health reporting with Patriot Burst, Silicon Power SSDs
  • improved power on time reporting for Toshiba MK2565GSX
  • improved compatibility with various ADATA SSDs (650/750/760/800 series)
  • improved compatibility with Intel VROC and Micron 2300 NVMe SSDs
  • improved detection and status / power on time reporting of WD SAS hard disks
  • improved health display and reporting for WD Green / WD Blue series SSDs
  • improved support of LSI MegaRAID 9460 tri-mode (NVMe/SAS/SATA) RAID controller
  • minor corrections for SK Hynix, Sandisk SSDs, Silicon Power SSDs, XPG SPECTRIX S40, Patriot P210
  • improved support of Startech S352BU33RER, ORICO 9548RU3, CFI-B8283ERGG external multi-drive / RAID enclosures
  • improved detection and reporting of different Kingspec SSDs, INTEL SSDSC2BF180A5L, Micron 550 SSD
  • improved detection and reporting of White Label WL500 hard disks
  • improved detection of RAID 10 arrays on Intel RAID controllers
  • improved detection of SATA hard disks / SSDs with AMD Bottom RAID controller driver 9.3
  • improved detection of SATA hard disks / SSDs with AMD StoreMI 2.0 driver 9.4
  • improved detection with AMD RAID controller (scsiport) driver under Windows XP
  • improved detection of MaxDigital hard disk drives
  • improved power on time display of Hitachi SAS hard disks (HUH721010AL5200)
  • improved hard disk status, health, temperature detection with MD4000GBDS hard disks
  • improved support of Swissbit industrial M.2 SATA SSD
  • improved support of Lenovo WD4001FYYG SAS hard disk
  • improved health calculation for NVMe SSDs
  • improved and extended detection of Intel VROC SSDs in NVMe SSD RAID configurations with higher number of SSDs
  • improved detection of HP Smart Array RAID controllers when multiple arrays configured on same physical disk drives
  • improved compatibility with HFS1T9G32FEH SSD, SSDPR-CX400-256 SSD, Silicon Power SSD, Toshiba SSDs
  • improved support and lifetime writes display of several LITEON SSDs
  • improved compatibility and detection performance with LSI SAS3 HBA
  • improved support of 4Kn SATA hard disk drives, showing "4Kn" on the Information page
  • display warning upon possible compatibility issue if 4Kn drive used on older system
  • improved compatibility with Intel SSDSCKKB240G8R, Intel SSDSC2KB019T7R, THNSF81D92CSE
  • Bug fixes, further modifications:
  • complete German Help available - thanks to Kurt Lettmaier for his work
  • fixed: "Unknown" drive may be displayed previously when AMD RAID used
  • minor changes, compatibility improvements
  • improved progress display during disk surface test
  • improved disk activity tray icons: showing logical disk drives too
  • improved, fixed save dialogs (Report menu -> Save HTML report, Save TXT report, save temperature statistic images)
  • improved Disk Contents Inspector
  • MSFT XVDD devices no longer displayed
  • improved menu display in high-contrast setting

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 5.60 (Mar 12, 2020)

  • Improvements and new features:
  • added support of LSI / Broadcom 9440 Tri-mode SAS / SATA / NVMe RAID controllers: detect NVMe RAID array members, display complete self-monitoring S.M.A.R.T. status of NVMe M.2 SSDs managed by Broadcom 9440 RAID controller, configured as NVMe RAID (in addition to SATA RAID, SAS RAID)
  • added support of Highpoint RocketRAID 3740: detect complete hard disk drive status about SATA/SAS hard disk drives and SSDs configured as RAID
  • added support of Adaptec SmartRAID 3152-8i Controller: detect complete hard disk drive status about SATA/SAS hard disk drives and SSDs configured as RAID
  • added support of Lenovo 730 series RAID controller: detect hard disk drive status used in RAID configuration
  • detect and report NVMe Namespace Information: total addressable sectors, current sector size, LBA format list (possible sector sizes) with performance
  • added function to reset workload counters for Samsung PM883 / PM863a SSDs
  • added support of KINGSTON SEDC450 series
  • added support of KINGSTON KC600 series
  • added support of Seagate Nytro SSDs, Innovation IT SSDs
  • added support of Realtek RTL9210 NVMe-USB adapters
  • added support of KESU USB hard disk / SSD enclosure, JAYCAR XC4687 USB HDD docking station
  • added support of Raidsonic IB-1817M-C31 USB - NVMe SSD adapter with updated firmware
  • added support of XT-XINTE USB 3.1 Type-C Adapter USB C 10Gbps USB-NVMe adapter
  • added support of SSK USB-NVMe adapter
  • added support of QNAP TR-004 4-bay USB - SATA RAID hard disk enclosure: detect and display status of hard disk drives used in RAID configuration
  • added support of HIKVISION SSDs
  • added support of Kingston RBUS... series SSDs, new Kingspec SSDs
  • added support of WDC PC SA530 SDATB8Y1T00
  • Improved hardware support:
  • improved support of ASMEDIA ASM2362 USB-NVMe adapter detection and NVMe SSD status reporting
  • improved support of various external USB SSDs
  • improved support of various SAS SSDs, proper support of Sandisk SAS Optimus Eco SSDs
  • improved display of SAS hard disks, SAS SSDs, added further self-monitoring data to the S.M.A.R.T. page of SAS drives
  • improved support and correct health display of WD RED SSDs
  • improved support of Crucial SSDs, Apacer AS340 / Apacer AS350 series SSDs
  • improved detection under Windows XP with AMD chipset
  • improved detection under Windows XP with ARECA RAID controllers
  • improved detection with several Intel chipsets (both RAID and with standalone disk configuration)
  • improved lifetime writes on Micron, Toshiba SSDs
  • improved support of ADATA, Kingspec SATA SSDs
  • improved support of Samsung Enterprise class SSDs
  • improved, extended detection of NVMe SSDs on Intel VROC RAID controller
  • improved, extended detection of MaxCache SSDs on Adaptec SATA/SAS RAID controllers
  • improved, extended detection on Marvell 9230 SATA RAID controller
  • improved compatibility and USB drive status detection with Intel H87 chipset
  • improved support of ADATA SSDs
  • improved support of KINGSTON HyperX Fury 3D SSD support
  • improved reporting of lifetime writes on many SANDISK and LITEON SSDs
  • improved support of Lenovo SSDs
  • improved support of newer Hitachi SAS Helium (He) drives, reporting additional self-monitoring details
  • improved support of Lenovo SSDs: previously health may be 1% only on a new SSD
  • improved support of various Kingspec SSDs
  • improved support of various Zheino SSDs
  • improved support of LSI/DELL SAS/SATA controllers on high number of disks and Cachecade configuration
  • improved support of SK Hynix SC308/SC311 SSDs
  • improved detection and compatibility with AMD RAID integrated controller
  • improved compatibility with DELLBOSS SSD
  • improved compatibility with IcyBox RD3620SU3
  • improved health display for SCSI-NVMe translation
  • improved performance display for eMMC when health drops to 0%
  • Bug fixes, further modifications:
  • completely updated network engine, using TLS 1.2 protocol when sending e-mails
  • fixed real-time performance display graph on NVMe SSDs
  • improved disk selector on the user inteface, faster redraw/response in case of high number of disk drives
  • improved logical drive and NTFS mount point detection and reporting
  • improved adjustment window of acoustic level, advanced power management on high-DPI
  • improved display of last update date/time for NAS drives
  • completely new Turkish language support - thanks for Atyf Zafrak for the translation
  • fixed bug in HTML report at logical disk free space graph

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 5.50 (Jul 11, 2019)

  • Improvements and new features:
  • added support of Intel Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel VROC): detect NVMe RAID array members, complete self-monitoring S.M.A.R.T. status of NVMe M.2 SSDs managed by Intel VROC controller
  • added support of HighPoint NVMe RAID controllers: detect NVMe RAID array members, complete self-monitoring S.M.A.R.T. status of NVMe M.2 SSDs managed by HighPoint NVMe RAID controllers
  • added support of HighPoint SSD7101A-1 NVMe RAID controller
  • added support of Lenovo 530-8I RAID adapter: detect complete S.M.A.R.T. status of SATA/SAS hard disk drives configured as RAID
  • added support of ThinkSystem 930-8I 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter: detect complete S.M.A.R.T. status of SATA/SAS hard disk drives configured as RAID
  • added support of Dell PowerEdge Boot Optimized Storage Solution - BOSS: detect RAID array members, complete self-monitoring S.M.A.R.T. status of SSDs managed by the BOSS RAID controller
  • added support for MOBIUS 5-bay RAID hard disk enclosure: detect complete status of SATA hard disks configured as JBOD or RAID
  • added support of ICY DOCK MB662U3-2S R1 RAID external enclosure: detect status information about RAID disk members
  • added support of Kingston Enterprise SSDs: DC500R and DC500M
  • added detection of eMMC storage devices used in tablets: detect and display eMMC specific information and self-monitoring status. Display eMMC health (if supported by the eMMC device)
  • (THANKS so much for Tim Schuerewegen for his excellent work)
  • added support for Swissbit industrial SD cards, ATP industrial SD cards, Kingston SDCIT industrial SD cards: detect status information, health and statistics
  • (THANKS so much for Tim Schuerewegen for his excellent work)
  • added support of Minerva RAID R2056A adapter (M.2 B+M notch to SATA 7pin x2 RAID Card)
  • added support of various Apacer SATA SSDs
  • Improved hardware support:
  • fixed health display for Western Digital WD BLUE SSDs
  • improved support of WD and Hitachi Helium-filled (He) hard disk drives
  • completely redesigned HighPoint SATA/SAS RAID controller support: better detection of RAID array configuration, logical/physical disk drives, improved status detection and S.M.A.R.T. reporting with HighPoint SATA/SAS RAID controllers
  • added option to start Disk menu -> Short self test, extended self test on disks managed by JMicron external RAID enclosures
  • added option to use Disk menu -> Advanced power management, Acoustic Management on disks managed by JMicron external RAID enclosures
  • improved support of JMicron external multi-drive enclosures running in port multiplier (non-RAID) mode (drive order and logical drive assignments corrected)
  • improved NVMe detection with Intel RST RAID driver and Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver
  • improved support of different Kingston, KingDian SSDs
  • improved write-type disk testing with Transcend RDF5 memory card reader
  • improved write-type disk testing of SD cards formatted to exFAT
  • improved NVMe status detection under Windows 7 when Intel chipset driver 15.7 used for the NVMe SSD
  • improved support of multiple HighPoint RAID controllers (SATA only, SATA+SAS, NVMe)
  • improved display of lifetime writes on various TOSHIBA SATA SSDs
  • improved support of ORICO 2139U3 external enclosures
  • improved support of ADATA SU650 SSDs
  • improved support of KingSpec SATA SSDs
  • improved detection of SATA disk drives on LSI (non-RAID) HBA controllers
  • improved ASM1092R RAID controller chip support
  • improved power on time display for SAS hard disk HGST H7280A520SUN8.0T
  • improved support of eSATA / USB multi-drive hard disk enclosures in port multiplier (non-RAID) mode
  • improved compatibility with ICY BOX IB-RD3640SU3
  • improved lifetime writes on various Samsung SATA SSDs
  • improved health display on Kingston SA400M8120G SSD
  • improved Intel NVMe SSD detection
  • improved disk detection with LSI RAID controllers when array(s) degraded / disk(s) missing or foreign
  • Bug fixes, further modifications:
  • improved display of lifetime writes on various Samsung SATA SSDs
  • improved power on time display for various SCSI/SAS hard disk drives
  • overheat tray notification shows affected hard disk drive(s) first
  • display message box with the result of e-mail test when all notifications disabled
  • updated Russian language support, THANKS for Dmitry Yerokhin for the translation
  • updated Spanish language support, THANKS for Skylär Astaröt for the translation
  • updated Chinese language support, THANKS Chenxu Wang for the translation

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 5.40.2 Beta (Apr 9, 2019)

  • Intel VROC NVMe RAID
  • Dell BOSS support

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 5.40 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Improvements and new features:
  • 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
  • Improved hardware support:
  • 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
  • Bug fixes, further modifications:
  • 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

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 5.30.4 Beta (Dec 14, 2018)

  • Completely redesigned and fixed drive order, logical drive detection of Intel, LSI, Dell, IBM RAID controllers
  • Completely redesigned VIA RAID controller detection: detect and display logical/physical disks better
  • Improved disk drive temperature display on HP RAID controllers
  • Improved support of multi-disk enclosures / docking stations with JMicron chipset and ASMEDIA chipset
  • 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 NVMe status detection under Windows 7 with Intel RST driver 15.7 (available from Support -> Driver Zone)
  • Improved compatibility with HP SAS Expander
  • Detection of UASP transfer mode on double (multi-drive) docking stations
  • Fixed Windows OS type detection on 64 bit Windows 10 systems
  • Improved support and display of Korean language
  • Improved save of authentic disk reports

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 5.30 (Jul 17, 2018)

  • Improvements and new features:
  • 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 hardware support:
  • 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
  • Bug fixes, further modifications:
  • 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

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 5.20 Build 9372 (Apr 10, 2018)

  • monitor NAS boxes, hard disks used with Network Attached Storage devices
  • added/improved support for Intel RAID detection: detect status of NVMe SSDs in RAID, improved SATA RAID detection
  • Monitor Windows Event Log for problems related to disks and storage to report when there is a generic warning/error with the storage subsystem
  • added support for various new SATA / SAS RAID controllers (ATTO, ASMEDIA, Intel, LSI, HP)

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 5.01 Build 8557 (Mar 10, 2017)

  • fixed compatibility issue with LSI MegaRAID SAS controllers

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 5.00 Build 8557 (Mar 8, 2017)

  • IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES:
  • added new disk testing method: Disk menu -> Surface test -> Repair disk drive
  • designed to repair weak/pending sectors: forces the hard disk to stabilize problems and force reallocation of bad sectors
  • (if required). Can be used on even system drive with running operating system (registered Pro version only)
  • added manual repair of any disk sector in Disk Contents Inspector:
  • use Disk menu -> Surface test -> View (or start any surface test) and click on the disk surface map to view the raw contents of any sector. Go to the appropriate sector and if it is unreadable/reports error, the Repair button attempts to repair that (Pro version only)
  • added option to provide disk status information via WMI
  • (Configuration -> Advanced options -> Provide status information by WMI)
  • (disk information, status, health, temperature, text description, power on hours, bad sector count, weak sector count, comm.issue count, spin retry count, trim status, and complete S.M.A.R.T.) (registered Pro version only)
  • added option to test multiple hard disks by Disk menu -> Short self test / Extended self test (registered Pro version only)
  • added option to test multiple hard disks by Disk menu -> Surface test functions, by same test methods/options (registered Pro version only)
  • added support of high-DPI displays, including but not limited to 4K displays with high DPI scaling
  • added option to use TLS / STARTTLS in e-mail configuration regardless of port (previously used automatically only when port 587 specified)
  • added option to specify maximum try count in Disk menu -> Surface test functions before starting the test (Configuration tab)
  • added "lifetime writes" to TXT / HTML / XML reports
  • added option to perform write testing with any byte, byte/character sequence
  • Disk menu -> Surface test -> Write test -> Configuration page -> Write pattern
  • Specify 0xAA 0xBB etc. to specify hexadecimal sequence
  • added option to automatically save all results of disk tests:
  • Configuration -> Advanced options -> Automatically save disk test results to folder
  • saves images/graphs, log, results, block performance details after Disk menu -> Surface test functions
  • saves image after Disk menu -> Random seek test function
  • saves text report and brief log after Disk menu -> Short self test / Extended self test functions
  • automatic save of complete report upon disk status change/degradation (registered Pro version only)
  • added option: Configuration -> Advanced options -> Automatic detection based on disk utilization
  • automatically prevent detection if the disk utilization shows that the hard disk is inactive (sleeping), there is no data transfer, no read/write commands (based on the Disk Performance page)
  • added option to log alerts to Windows event log: Configuration -> Message settings -> Add to Windows event log (registered version only)
  • added option to Configuration -> Message settings to execute external command (or BAT file) when alert triggered (registered Pro version only). The following environment variables set to be accessible from the started external command (or BAT file):
  • HDS_TimeStamp : date and time of the actual alert in fixed format yyyymmdd hhmmss
  • HDS_TimeStampClean : date and time of the alert in user-friendly format (current Windows regional setting)
  • HDS_Host : current host (computer) name
  • HDS_Alert : the alert (eg. Overheat)
  • HDS_Disk : affected disk(s)
  • HDS_Threshold : threshold configured (contain Celsius/Fahrenheit or % symbols)
  • HDS_ThresholdValue : threshold configured (only the number)
  • HDS_Health : generic health information of all drives
  • HDS_Partition : generic partition information of all drives
  • HDS_LowestDiskHealth: the lowest health % value of all drives
  • IMPROVED HARDWARE SUPPORT:
  • added support for InnoDisk industrial (micro) SD memory cards: detection of complete status, health, lifetime writes and additional statistics of (micro) SD memory card.
  • added support for Delkin industrial (micro) SD memory cards: detection of complete status, health, lifetime writes and additional statistics of (micro) SD memory card.
  • added support for MagicRAM industrial (micro) SD memory cards: detection of complete status, health, lifetime writes and additional statistics.
  • added support for industrial (micro) SD memory cards and USB devices based on Hyperstone controllers: detection of complete status, health, lifetime writes and additional statistics.
  • To enable status detection of industrial micro SD card detection, please select the card reader device from the list of drives and click on the Control device-specific detection label on the right, below the text description area. A new window appears, where it is possible to enable the detection. You may click on the Auto Detect button to verify if the device is responding to the detection. If yes, then the device type will be automatically selected.
  • Note: in the unregistered version, the above procedure need to be done every time the software started.
  • More information and example: How to: monitor (micro) SD card health and status
  • added detection of LTO tape drives: detect and display health, temperature, cleaning / media status. Tested with IBM Ultrium LTO5, Tandberg LTO5 tape drives
  • added support of HP Smart Array H240, P440, B140i RAID controllers: detect status of SATA / SAS hard disks, SSDs managed and configured into RAID array(s)
  • added support of Supermicro SMC2008, SMC LSI 2208 SAS/SATA RAID controller: detect status of SATA / SAS hard disks, SSDs managed and configured into RAID array(s)
  • added support of FTS PRAID EP400i SAS/SATA RAID controller
  • detection and support of non-standard byte-per-sector values: SAS hard disks formatted with 520 bytes/sector or 528 bytes/sector. Show bytes-per-sector for SCSI/SAS drives too.
  • all disk tests (Disk menu -> Surface test functions, Disk menu -> Random seek test, Disk menu -> Short/Extended self tests) work with hard disks formatted with 520 bytes/sector or 528 bytes/sector
  • improved UASP handling, showing USB Attached SCSI (UASP) in the Interface line on the Information page
  • improved compatibility with Areca SAS/SATA RAID controllers, detection of SAS drives in addition to SATA drives on ARECA RAID controllers
  • improved compatibility with Intel / LSI embedded Megaraid controllers and newer drivers
  • improved support of HighPoint RAID controllers
  • improved support of Sandisk Extreme pendrives (reported 0% health, indicating failure on new devices due to special S.M.A.R.T. attributes)
  • improved support of Sandisk, Kingston, ADATA, Samsung, OCZ, Intel, Toshiba, Intenso, Zheino SSDs
  • improved support of external Orico, Sabrent, Sharkoon DriveLink Combo devices
  • added detection again of Via Labs Inc VL711 bridge chip - if the detection is safe (detection completely disabled in 4.71 version)
  • improved support of older SCSI HP Smart Array 642, 6400 controllers
  • improved support of LSI/Dell/Avago SATA/SAS RAID controllers and HBAs (Host Bus Adapters), improved power on state and disk self test functions with such controllers
  • improved support of JMicron external RAID enclosures and standalone devices with JMicron 56x chipsets
  • improved detection and compatibility with Marvell 9230 RAID controllers
  • added support of newer SanDisk CloudSpeed SSDs, Kingston SSDs
  • added support of NVMe SSDs from various manufacturers (Intel, OCZ, Liteon, Samsung, Toshiba, etc.)
  • added support for Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe SSD
  • improved power on time detection and display of many SAS/SCSI hard disks and SAS SSDs
  • improved support of 1.8" hard disk drives
  • improved support of Maxtor ATLAS SCSI / SAS hard disks
  • added support of Prolific PL3507 IDE-USB bridge
  • improved support of VIA, JMicron RAID controllers
  • BUG FIXES, FURTHER MODIFICATIONS:
  • improved detection and reporting of file information if file(s) located on unreadable/repaired sectors
  • improved write tests / disk wipe functions (Disk menu -> Surface test -> Write test, Write+Read test, Reinitialise disk surface test)
  • increased Configuration window to improve readability and visibility
  • fixed: status window display with high resolution
  • fixed: disk tray icon could be completely missing if the comment was too long
  • fixed: Copy to clipboard function on logical disk information page was not working
  • fixed: disk alert window health list of all disk drives connected
  • fixed: LSI/Intel embedded controllers may lock up systems completely when accessed. Do not attempt detection when such controller found
  • fixed: do not show capacity-warning if Paragon GPT loader used
  • fixed: working again under Windows 98, ME, NT4 (previous version did not start)
  • show started test type after the test completes in the popup window
  • improved XML report output with Portable version
  • show comment field in the Open status of offline disk(s) window to help identify drives
  • user interface fixes, modifications
  • changed warranty check links
  • updated installer and signature
  • improved Russian, Chinese language support

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 4.71 Build 8128 (Feb 1, 2016)

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

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 4.70 Build 8128 (Jan 28, 2016)

  • Improvements and new features:
  • 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
  • Improved hardware support:
  • 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
  • Bug fixes, further modifications:
  • 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

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 4.60 Build 7377 (Jan 13, 2015)

  • Improvements and new features:
  • 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
  • Improved hardware support:
  • 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)
  • Bug fixes, further modifications:
  • 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

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 4.50 Build 6845 (Jan 13, 2015)

  • Improvements and new features:
  • 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)
  • Improved hardware support:
  • 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
  • Bug fixes, further modifications:
  • 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

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 4.40 Build 6431 (Jul 11, 2013)

  • Improvements and new features:
  • 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)
  • Improved hardware support:
  • 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)
  • Bug fixes, further modifications:
  • 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

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 4.30 Build 6017 (Jul 11, 2013)

  • Improvements and new features, improved hardware support:
  • 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)
  • Bug fixes, further modifications:
  • 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

New in Portable Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 4.20 Build 6014 (Jan 18, 2013)

  • Improvements and new features:
  • 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 hardware 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
  • Bug fixes, further modifications:
  • 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