Hard Disk Sentinel

Discussion in 'backup, imaging & disk mgmt' started by Hadron, Mar 17, 2016.

  1. XIII

    XIII Registered Member

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    Are you sure?

    For me the download was a pre-registered installer (and I did not get a license key).
     
  2. act8192

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  3. Dragon1952

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    A few hours after i got this deal yesterday and gave them my email, i was bombed with dozens of spam emails. After boot the gui is launched with a nag message telling me that i have a unregistered version and to please register.
     
  4. roger_m

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    Actually I have heard the is the case. I haven't installed the giveaways version as I bought a license some time ago. Anyway, after installing it over and old version, the new version will be registered.
     
  5. roger_m

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    Did you download and install HDSentinel from the zip file hdsentinel_setup_520_bits_2018.zip?
     
  6. Dragon1952

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    Yes i did.
     
  7. EASTER

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    Egads. Sorry you had to experience that. Not on this program but a different one (said as much in an earlier topic I made) it gummed a bunch of junk on me I haven't experienced since Windows 98.

    Guess some hosting server outfits and/or their vendors are reverting back to old ways once again. Pain in the neck for users while they laugh all the way to the bank with their little pocket change they collect for sticking gum on the seat. Oh gee
     
  8. puff-m-d

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    Hello,

    A new beta version of Hard Disk Sentinel has been released, version 5.30.2.
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    Last edited: Oct 5, 2018
  9. puff-m-d

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    Hello,

    A new beta version of Hard Disk Sentinel has been released, version 5.30.3.
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  10. act8192

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    I installed 5.20 over the 4.71 bitsDuJour version and it's not a trial. It's registered to bitsDuJour, as was the 4.71 issue. Works just fine.
    Installing over the top has an advantage that it remembers previous statistics. Had I uninstalled all that would've been lost probably. The only thing I had to do is answer two or three NVT-ERP alerts.

    In case anyone is interested - few locations on Windows10:
    1. Program Data/Microsoft/Windows/StartMenu/programs/HDSentinel contains 3 shortcuts to start service, stop, or uninstall
    2. ProgramFiles(x86)/Hard Disk Sentinel contains a driver HDSentinel.sys and a ton of .exe and .dll files and various disks it saw (it runs as admin so I suppose it's allowed to write there)
    3. Registry key HKLM/Software/Wow6432node/HD Sentinel
    4. Registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Hard Disk Sentinel_is1
     
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  11. act8192

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    Me too, see post#60
     
  12. act8192

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    I get one mail/day from them about other programs. I will unsubscribe, which worked for me on previous version just fine - they just stop sending. I think BitsDuJour is a clean outfit.
     
  13. guest

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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.30.4 Beta Released (December 14, 2018)
    Download: www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_5304-lsir.zip
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_beta_revision.txt

    - completely redesigned and fixed drive order, logical drive detection of Intel, LSI, Dell, IBM RAID controllers
    - completely redesigned VIA RAID controller detection: detect and display logical/physical disks better
    - improved disk drive temperature display on HP RAID controllers
    - improved support of multi-disk enclosures / docking stations with JMicron chipset and ASMEDIA chipset
    - improved detection and display of Crucial P1 M.2 NVMe SSD, HP SSD EX920 1TB, XPG GAMMIX S11 and various NVMe M.2 SSDs
    - improved NVMe status detection under Windows 7 with Intel RST driver 15.7 (available from Support -> Driver Zone)
    - improved compatibility with HP SAS Expander
    - detection of UASP transfer mode on double (multi-drive) docking stations
    - fixed Windows OS type detection on 64 bit Windows 10 systems
    - improved support and display of Korean language
    - improved save of authentic disk reports
     
  14. JohnBurns

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    I am not really clear on updating. I presently have Version 5.20 registered to BitsDeJour.com. Can I upgrade to 5.30 for free by just installing over the 5.20? Or, would I lose it? Appreciate advice.
     
  15. roger_m

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    No your giveaway license will only be valid for your current version.
     
  16. JohnBurns

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    Thanks for reply - I contacted their site and got a discounted upgrade to HardDiskPro so I seem to be all set now.
     
  17. guest

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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.30.6 Beta Released (January 17, 2019)
    Download: www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_5306-frtc.zip
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_beta_revision.txt

    - improved and extended Log page for IDE, SATA, USB drives: display additional problems, degradations (not just the recent 50)
    - detect and display new problems, degradations of SCSI, SAS disk drives on the Log page
    - added support of USB-NVMe adapters with JMicron JMS583 chip: detect and display complete NVMe status information
    - added support of Jeyi I9 USB-NVMe adapter
    - improved support of Adaptec SAS/SATA RAID controllers
    - improved support of 3ware 9650 SATA, 9690 SATA/SAS RAID controllers
    - improved support of Kingspec SSDs, LiteON SSDs
    - improved compatibility with MO (Magneto-optical) drives, Lexar Jumpdrive F35 pendrives
    - improved authentic report saving
    - it is possible to sort disks in Load status of offline disks window, multiple disk test selector window, authentic report selector window
    - it is possible to find (CTRL+F, F3) in Load status of offline disks window, multiple disk test selector window, authentic report selector window
    - drives un-selected (hidden) from main window are not selected in save authentic report window
    - improved display during surface test: show surface reinitialization level, show disk number in title
    - display disk comment in random seek test window instead of acoustic level (if comment defined)
     
  18. guest

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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.30.7 Beta Released (February, 2019)
    Download: www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_setup_5307-jodx.zip
     
  19. puff-m-d

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    Hello,

    A new beta version of Hard Disk Sentinel has been released, version 5.30.8.
    Website
    Downloads
    Changelog
     
  20. guest

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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.30.9 Beta Released (March 4, 2019)
    Download: www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_5309-nfhx.zip
     
  21. puff-m-d

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    Hello,

    A new beta version of Hard Disk Sentinel has been released, version 5.30.10.
    Website
    Downloads
    Changelog
     
  22. guest

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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.40 Released (March 20, 2019)
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    Changelog
     
  23. roger_m

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    @mood Thanks. i just updated using HD Sentinels internal updater (File menu -> Check for new version now).
     
  24. guest

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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.40.1 Beta Released (March 26, 2019)
    Download: www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_5401-invs.zip
     
  25. puff-m-d

    puff-m-d Registered Member

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    Hello,

    A new beta version of Hard Disk Sentinel has been released, version 5.40.2b.
    Website - Downloads - Changelog
     
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