Hard Disk Monitoring

I can confirm this is 100% normal, it is NOT the count of errors but the total number of operations. The other drives (WD) are working differently, they do not count/report this kind of value there. This is a common question, already discussed in this forum, for example: http://www.hdsentinel.com/f...

Thanks for the report and the information ! It confirms that the driver is updated and things should be fine. However, I also still see the ASUS optical drive, instead of the status of the hard disk. This seems interesting. It is possible that connecting the optical drive (next to the drives config...

HDSentinel does not rise the temperature of the hard disk of course, just reads the detected value of the sensor built-in the hard disk. If the temperature of a drive seems higher than the others, it may be caused by an environmental issue, for example a FAN or other heat source (VGA card, physical...

Finally (perhaps) here is the temperature trace for one of my WD HD's after updating the VIA RAID card driver. This HD is running on the MB SATA controller. There has been no significant computer process activity except for launching HDS. Does this dramatic rise make sense simple from starting up HD...

Looking at my new Seagate 2TB HD running on an eSATA bridge after updating the VI driver, does this Raw Error Rate trace make sense?

None of the other drives show any Raw Error Rate values at all.

Well, I've run the driver update and confirmed the version has changed to the one you have referenced. I have sent you the new report. Again, here's the section dealing with the 2 devices connected to the VIA RAID card: Physical Disk Information - Disk: #4: ASUS DRW-24B1ST c -- Hard Disk Summary ---...

Here is the report text for the 2 drives running on the VIA RAID card: -- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #4: ASUS DRW-24B1ST c -- Hard Disk Summary ------------------- Hard Disk Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA RAID #4/0 [15] Disk Co...

I am currently working hard on my income taxes and would prefer to wait until I'm done to install the new driver. Although I am comfortable with many aspects of working on my computer, this is one I've never done yet, so I'm somewhat tentative. I plan to do an image backup of my C partition before I...

Final (?) question, please.

Sorry for the delay, we have had family here for Easter.

I see my VIA VT 6421 chipset controller on your list of compatible hardware.
I just wonder why I am having this problem with the card I installed.

Thanks again.

Got it. Very good.

Again, thank you so much even at this late time of day for you...

Great. Thanks. Another question please? As I browse the Read Me file of the download I see references to several different controllers but nothing references my VT6421. If I just launch the setup.exe file will I see directions for my XP system and be safe to proceed with the installation from there?...

First, let me say I have never, in my many years working with computers, seen such fast, competent support response from anyone! Thanks. Secondly, I am downloading the software from your direct link now, but need to clarify something. On your Driver Zone list, the driver you reference is shown as RA...

I have been running HDS on my XP machine for a couple of years and really love it. I've had 2 internal SATA HD's, one internal IDE HD and an external eSATA HD. I recently decided to replace the internal IDE HD with a larger (2TB) SATA HD and needed another SATA port so I bought a Rosewill RC-212 VIA...