HARD DISK MONITORING

• New alert options: custom S.M.A.R.T. attribute thresholds, alert on disk drive insertion / removal

  

• Added/improved support of hard disk drives, SSDs, Hybrid disk drives (SSHDs), RAID controllers, USB adapters, USB docks, USB enclosures, SD cards

  
  

  Complete list of updates in the latest version of Hard Disk Sentinel

• 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

  

  User interface updates in Hard Disk Sentinel version 6.10

  Complete list of updates in the latest version of Hard Disk Sentinel

• 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

  
  
  

  Complete list of updates in the latest version of Hard Disk Sentinel

• added/improved support of internal and external hard disks, SSDs, RAID controllers, USB adapters, HDD enclosures

  
  

  Complete list of updates in Hard Disk Sentinel version 5.70

• added/improved support of various hard disks, SSDs, RAID controllers, USB adapters, enclosures, docking stations

  
  

  Complete list of updates in Hard Disk Sentinel version 5.60 / 5.61

• option to configure offsets for SCSI, SAS hard disk drives/SSDs, NVMe SSDs, industrial SD memory cards

• added/improved support of various hard disks, SSDs, RAID controllers, USB adapters, enclosures, docking stations

  
  
  

  Complete list of updates in Hard Disk Sentinel version 5.50

• option to configure offsets for SCSI, SAS hard disk drives/SSDs, NVMe SSDs, industrial SD memory cards

• added/improved support of various hard disks, SSDs, RAID controllers, USB adapters, enclosures, docking stations

  
  
  

  Complete list of updates in Hard Disk Sentinel version 5.40

• generic fixes, improvements for latest Windows updates

  

• 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

• improved support of hard disks, SSDs, RAID controllers

  Complete list of updates in Hard Disk Sentinel version 5.30

• 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)

  

  Complete list of updates in Hard Disk Sentinel version 5.20

• display possible warning if high capacity (3 TB and larger) external hard disk drive(s) managed by USB enclosure with 4K physical sectors to work with older operating systems. Using the hard disk outside this enclosure may cause that the partition and all stored data unavailable.

• display alert if a such high capacity (3 TB and larger) external hard disk connected without the special USB enclosure, as using the hard disk may result in serious data loss

  

• added support for Intel C602 chipset: detection of status information in RAID arrays

• improved support of Intel RAID arrays

• improved compatibility and support of HP Smart Array 6i SCSI RAID controller

• improved support and detection of LSI / AVAGO controllers when "Cachecade" (SSD cache) feature used

• improved "low disk space" alerts

  Download Hard Disk Sentinel Pro 4.60.7 beta version

• showing Disk Controller of USB drives also on the Information page and in reports

• added support for CineRAID CR-H212 RAID enclosure and similar external RAID enclosures: showing complete hard disk status of both hard disks in all (standalone, BIG, RAID0, RAID1) modes

• improved write test performance and compatibility with LSI / Avago / Dell PERC / IBM / Intel SAS RAID controllers

• improved compatibility with Samsung, PNY, Kingmax, Kingfast, Toshiba, Transcend, Plextor SSDs

• improved compatibility with external RAID enclosures with JMicron chipsets

• general improvements for Windows 10

• further improved support for ASMedia controllers

• SSD database updates, modifications

  Download Hard Disk Sentinel Pro 4.50.18 beta version

• improved support for hard disks with Lenovo-specific firmware

• improved compatibility with USB 3.0 IDE/SATA "combo" adapters

• further improved support of ASMedia ASM106x controllers

• improved support of 2 TB 2.5" notebook hard disks

• database updates, modifications

  Download Hard Disk Sentinel Pro 4.50.15 beta version

• 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. Tested with HP Smart Array P410, P420 and embedded B120i controllers.

• improved compatibility with Toshiba SAS hard disks

• improved S.M.A.R.T. reporting for SCSI / SAS hard disks, showing accumulated power condition transitions, load/unload cycles (if supported by the drive)

• improved compatibility with ASMedia SATA controllers (integrated and add-on cards) with newer drivers

• improved support of LSI, Adaptec RAID controllers

• improved reporting of TRIM function

• fixed Seagate warranty check link

  Download Hard Disk Sentinel Pro 4.50.11 beta version

• added support for Accusys hardware RAID boxes: detection of hard disk status of Accusys 76510, 75170, etc.

• improved support of Promise, LSI, Intel SATA/SAS RAID controllers

• improved support of Intel, Kingston, LiteOn, Smartbuy, Transcend SSDs

• improved support of SanDisk Extreme pendrives

  Download Hard Disk Sentinel 4.50.4b beta version

• improved support of various Samsung hard disks, Samsung SSD models

• improved compatibility with Intel RST driver 12.9

• improved hard disk error logs

• improved Chinese language support

Hard Disk Sentinel is a quite comprehensive software whilst being relatively easy to use at the same time. As a less technically minded user you can utilize the functionality you need and leave the rest be. As a power user you should find any feature you could possibly want in the software. If not, you can ask the Hard Disk Sentinel developers directly in on our HD Sentinel forum here for any missing features.

As I have ventured into the HD Sentinel software during this review, I must admit wishing I had purchased a license when I first tried it a few years back. My overall impression of this software is therefore extremely good.

After spending a few weeks testing Hard Disk Sentinel software I can conclude that it definitely does what it claims to do, and in my experience was very easy and self-explanatory in its functions. I had no problems, crashes, or other issues with the software, and would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone owning a computer.

- Geir Dahl, reviewer     Read the full Hard Disk Sentinel Professional review at MyCe.com

• added support for Broadcom (Ciprico) RAIDCore RAID controllers: detect complete hard disk status on Broadcom (Ciprico) RAIDCore controllers, when hard disks / SSDs configured as RAID arrays

• added support of IBM ServeRAID M5110e (IBMx3650M4 server)

• improved compatibility with DeepFreeze software

• improved compatibility with Sandisk SSDs

• improved compatibility with Intel and NVidia chipsets

• added support for Promise RAID controllers: detect complete hard disk status on Promise SuperTrak RAID controllers, detect as much information as possible on Promise FastTrak controllers

• detection and display of enclosure information (voltage, fan speed, temperature) of Promise SuperSwap enclosures

• added Slovak language support (thanks to Lukas Surin for translation)

• improved support of HighPoint, LSI RAID controllers

• improved support of various hard disks and SSD models

• fixed service mode startup problems occured on various non-English Windows 7 versions

• http://benchmarkhq.ru/russian.html?/smart.html (Russian)

  On this page, the author have tested 31 SMART utilities and only only 2 were marked as "recommended",
  Hard Disk Sentinel was spoken of as an "exemplary".

  Hard Disk Sentinel: 10/10

• The October issue of "Domashny PK" magazine hit retail (http://www.dpk.com.ua/content/34732).

  It contains an article "Hard disk health - SMART monitoring utilities", the article is featured on magazine cover. Hard Disk Sentinel received "Editor's choice" award and was named "the best one".

  

  Available online at: http://itc.ua/articles/_zdorove_zhestkih_diskov_utility_s_m_a_r_t_-monitoringa_55916 (Russian)