Hard Disk Monitoring

Just an update.

I've received an RMA replacement of my NVMe but I have been too preoccupied to replace it. The drive lost an additional 3% just like that in a very short period of time.

I'm not one to update their applications "just because".

Are there release notes available for perusal for HD Sentinel?

Whenever we create something--whether an email, an essay, or an application--we become blind to how it is perceived by others. This is why it is important to have other (competent) people proofread, test, or otherwise review our work. I know you are very used to the red progress bars, but I am tell...

So I see a clear bias. My previous [rebuttal] to the moderator's comments here refuting his belief there is no issue with the drive is clearly not supported by Samsung. Who said Fileshredder caused the issue.

Trumpism is alive and well, even in hardware forums.

So I called Samsung. I was told the Fileshredder application or utility basically hammered a specific portion of the NAND repeatedly with writes and maxed out that portion of the drive. This then triggered a "spare" to be used. I'm still confused on what this "spare" thing is. No...

I can confirm that there are absolutely NO "False Health reading", Hard Disk Sentinel (as should) detects and properly reports the Health %. I received your mail too with the image about the current status. I uploaded here for reference, as it may be useful for other users too in similar ...

As an update. I ran another third party HDD utility from SmartMonTools. It revealed the same results including "spare" used (1/10). It appears this is not a false reading. As such, what does "spare" actually mean? Is it like a bad sector replacement where HDD manufacturers add sh...

Hard Drive Sentinel SUDDENLY reports 99% Health on SAMSUNG MZALQ512HALU-000L2 NVMe drive which is in my Lenovo laptop: [https://psref.lenovo.com/Detail/IdeaPad/IdeaPad_Gaming_3_15IMH05?M=81Y400BRCC]. I had some issues earlier today where for some unknown reason, a large file of about 550 MB in size ...