Hard Disk Monitoring

Hello hdsentinel, Thank you for the explanations earlier. Sorry for not responding. I was intending to perform all suggested checks on both drives and report here back then, but my setup for some reason prevented me from initiating Surface test. And the issue was not solved until this week, so I did...

Thank you for the insight into how this works. I believed the information I wanted was read from the hard drive itself, upon HDS or any other software detecting it. I have little experience with HDD technology apart from using HDS, and it shows. Answers: 1) Yes, hard drive seems to be operating corr...

Understood, thank you for the clarifications. I'm really glad to be of help with updating the database, I've been using HDS for years. One more thing: Could you please provide me with information that would be visible in Disk Information section? I'm asking because of time sensitivity (to return HDD...

Thank you for the prompt reply. Idea to update HDS occured to me first of all, still waited for correct input. Unfortunately, updating HDS didn't have the desired effect - Disk Information section is still showing the same text: HDS 8TB-after-update.png Is there something else I should do after the ...

Hello, I just purchased two Seagate 8TB HDDs (ST8000NT001-3LZ101). I have inserted one into HDD Dock station from company LC Power and connected it to PC via USB cable (my intended way of using these HDDs). Issue: HDS is not showing information for this HDD in Disk Information section - see attachme...