Keeping your hard disk healthy should be your top
priority when it comes to your computer. Potential problems,
degradations and even failures can lead to losing the entire data on the
disk. Hard Disk Sentinel is a tool that can help monitor your HDD.
The software comes with a nice interface and with an
intuitive layout. Considering the complex and advanced functions of
this app, the simple UI helps you to better understand what the software
has to offer.
From the main window you can also see a complex list
of data about your disk drive, such as the serial number, interface,
model ID, firmware revision, number of sectors and many other details.
Also, you can check real-time information regarding the transfer rate.
Hard Disk Sentinel can monitor various things about
your disks, such as temperature and S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring,
Analysis and Reporting Technology) attributes. You can also perform
tests with this program.
For example, you can perform a surface test to
verify the sectors’ accessibility and readability. This can be done in
five different ways. Some are non-destructive, only checking the disk’s
performance, while other methods involve refreshing the data area of the
storage device or even erasing all information.
Various test preferences, such as sector order, can be adjusted to suit your needs.
Also, you can customize your alerts. Thus, you can
set the app to let you know when failures are expected, when the disk’s
health is low, when temperatures are too high, when new log entries are
added and when free disk space is low. For any of these you can play a
sound, send or display a message, create a panic back-up or shut down
your system.
All in all, Hard Disk Sentinel is an advanced
utility that can give you valuable information about the state of your
drives. Some previous experience with this type of software is required,
mainly because of the advanced functions it offers.
Features:
Easy to use interface:
»» All information is displayed in the main window of the application. Quick controls allow easy navigation to access all hard disks, partitions and different information. Intuitive user interface elements display information by using green / yellow / red color to indicate the level of problem. Detailed text description and context sensitive help guides the user through the features and options.
Disk Management:
»» Control Advanced Power Management level and adjust Free Fall Control sensitivity of hard disks to maximise hard disk performance and data safety.
Backup:
»» Wide range of automatic backup methods are available: to backup data to local computer, to a LAN server or to a remote server by transferring files via FTP (or even by e-mail). It is possible to use 3rd party tools to create archives or burn CD/DVD media. Hard Disk Sentinel Professional can manage power status of remote computers in the network, so it is possible to automatically power on and shut down remote computers, for example a backup server.
API Interface For Developers:
»» With the API it is possible to query detected hard disk information from the software. This way 3rd party software can log, display or otherwise process detected disk information including temperature, health and so on.
Remote Monitoring:
»» Hard Disk Sentinel Professional offers extensive remote monitoring capabilities. Hard disk status can be checked remotely by a web browser, even by a mobile phone or a PDA.
Instant S.M.A.R.T. analysing:
»» Hard Disk Sentinel can communicate with IDE, Serial ATA, SCSI and most USB HDD and SSD to detect their status and temperature. Disk status is displayed immediately as you launch the application, there is no need to analyse disks for a long period.
»» The app displays the current and maximum temperature for the hard disk. It reads all general and vendor-specific attributes and monitors their values. For advanced users, all raw data is displayed, including power-on time and number of read/write errors.
»» Hard Disk Sentinel interprets the performance and fitness related S.M.A.R.T. values and displays the calculated Performance and Health percentage, total power on time and estimated lifetime remaining.
Hard Disk Hardware and Software Tests:
»» By using Hard Disk Sentinel, it is possible to start hardware hard disk self tests. These tests can be used to effectively find all hard disk problems because built-in hardware methods are used to verify hard disk components (for example heads, servo, internal buffer in the Short self test).
»» The Extended self test also verifies the complete disk surface, finds and repairs all weak areas and re-allocates the possible bad sectors. This is not possible with the software-based disk surface scan methods (for example, by using scandisk).
Logging:
»» Hard Disk Sentinel logs all degradations in all SMART parameters and issues alerts in such cases to maximise data protection. For example, if a new bad sector is found on your hard disk, you will be notified.
Alerts:
»» Hard Disk Sentinel has a wide range of alerts upon different problems. It can send e-mail (with e-mail->SMS gateway it can be SMS warning to your mobile), network message, can play sound alerts and so. It can execute various tasks (automatic panic backup or any configured external applications) in case of a problem. There is an option to send daily emails about current status.
HDD status in Windows Explorer:
»» View the current health status and used space in Windows Explorer or in any other application, so you'll always know the amount of used space for each partition and the disk condition.
Information on demand:
»» Current hard disk temperatures and health are displyed on the system tray and can be displayed in a small status window, the desktop itself or in a sidebar gadget (under Windows Vista or newer operating system). Average and maximum temperatures are logged for all hard disks and this information is displayed in graphs for statistical purposes.
Hard Disk Performance:
»» Logs how much data was read from or written to the hard disk. Displays current transfer rates for both reading and writing and estimates the maximum available (theoretical) transfer rate for a particular hard disk.
Easy to use interface:
»» All information is displayed in the main window of the application. Quick controls allow easy navigation to access all hard disks, partitions and different information. Intuitive user interface elements display information by using green / yellow / red color to indicate the level of problem. Detailed text description and context sensitive help guides the user through the features and options.
Disk Management:
»» Control Advanced Power Management level and adjust Free Fall Control sensitivity of hard disks to maximise hard disk performance and data safety.
Backup:
»» Wide range of automatic backup methods are available: to backup data to local computer, to a LAN server or to a remote server by transferring files via FTP (or even by e-mail). It is possible to use 3rd party tools to create archives or burn CD/DVD media. Hard Disk Sentinel Professional can manage power status of remote computers in the network, so it is possible to automatically power on and shut down remote computers, for example a backup server.
API Interface For Developers:
»» With the API it is possible to query detected hard disk information from the software. This way 3rd party software can log, display or otherwise process detected disk information including temperature, health and so on.
Remote Monitoring:
»» Hard Disk Sentinel Professional offers extensive remote monitoring capabilities. Hard disk status can be checked remotely by a web browser, even by a mobile phone or a PDA.
Instant S.M.A.R.T. analysing:
»» Hard Disk Sentinel can communicate with IDE, Serial ATA, SCSI and most USB HDD and SSD to detect their status and temperature. Disk status is displayed immediately as you launch the application, there is no need to analyse disks for a long period.
»» The app displays the current and maximum temperature for the hard disk. It reads all general and vendor-specific attributes and monitors their values. For advanced users, all raw data is displayed, including power-on time and number of read/write errors.
»» Hard Disk Sentinel interprets the performance and fitness related S.M.A.R.T. values and displays the calculated Performance and Health percentage, total power on time and estimated lifetime remaining.
Hard Disk Hardware and Software Tests:
»» By using Hard Disk Sentinel, it is possible to start hardware hard disk self tests. These tests can be used to effectively find all hard disk problems because built-in hardware methods are used to verify hard disk components (for example heads, servo, internal buffer in the Short self test).
»» The Extended self test also verifies the complete disk surface, finds and repairs all weak areas and re-allocates the possible bad sectors. This is not possible with the software-based disk surface scan methods (for example, by using scandisk).
Logging:
»» Hard Disk Sentinel logs all degradations in all SMART parameters and issues alerts in such cases to maximise data protection. For example, if a new bad sector is found on your hard disk, you will be notified.
Alerts:
»» Hard Disk Sentinel has a wide range of alerts upon different problems. It can send e-mail (with e-mail->SMS gateway it can be SMS warning to your mobile), network message, can play sound alerts and so. It can execute various tasks (automatic panic backup or any configured external applications) in case of a problem. There is an option to send daily emails about current status.
HDD status in Windows Explorer:
»» View the current health status and used space in Windows Explorer or in any other application, so you'll always know the amount of used space for each partition and the disk condition.
Information on demand:
»» Current hard disk temperatures and health are displyed on the system tray and can be displayed in a small status window, the desktop itself or in a sidebar gadget (under Windows Vista or newer operating system). Average and maximum temperatures are logged for all hard disks and this information is displayed in graphs for statistical purposes.
Hard Disk Performance:
»» Logs how much data was read from or written to the hard disk. Displays current transfer rates for both reading and writing and estimates the maximum available (theoretical) transfer rate for a particular hard disk.
System Requirements:
»» System administrator account
»» At least 15 megabytes of hard disk space
»» Hard disk with ATA or SCSI, SAS USB communication interface.
»» External disks (USB or IEEE 1394) are NOT supported.
»» Pentium or compatible CPU
»» 32 megabytes of system memory
Screenshots:
»» System administrator account
»» At least 15 megabytes of hard disk space
»» Hard disk with ATA or SCSI, SAS USB communication interface.
»» External disks (USB or IEEE 1394) are NOT supported.
»» Pentium or compatible CPU
»» 32 megabytes of system memory
Screenshots:
Hard Disk Sentinel Pro 4.60 Build 7377 + Patch (19.9 MB)
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