Hard Disk Sentinel

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

  1. guest

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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.40.4 Beta Released (April 25, 2019)
    Download: www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_5404-hptn.zip
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_beta_revision.txt

    5.40.4
    Beta

    - added support of HighPoint NVMe RAID controllers: detect NVMe RAID array members, complete
    self-monitoring status of NVMe M.2 SSDs managed by HighPoint NVMe RAID controllers.
    - support of HighPoint SSD7101A-1 NVMe RAID controller
    - completely redesigned HighPoint SATA/SAS RAID controller support: better detection of RAID array configuration,
    logical/physical disk drives, improved status detection and reporting with HighPoint SATA/SAS RAID controllers
    - improved support of eSATA / USB multi-drive hard disk enclosures in port multiplier (non-RAID) mode
    - improved compatibility with ICY BOX IB-RD3640SU3
    - improved lifetime writes on various Samsung SATA SSDs
    - improved health display on Kingston SA400M8120G SSD
    - added support of various Apacer SATA SSDs
     
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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.40.5 Beta Released (May 20, 2019)
    Download: www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_5405-b2dc.zip
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_beta_revision.txt

    5.40.5
    Beta

    - added support of Kingston Enterprise SSDs: DC500R and DC500M
    - added support of Lenovo 530-8I RAID adapter: detect complete status of SATA/SAS hard disks configured as RAID
    - added support of Minerva RAID R2056A adapter (M.2 B+M notch to SATA 7pin x2 RAID Card)
    - added support of ICY DOCK MB662U3-2S R1 RAID external enclosure: detect status information about RAID disk members
    (THANKS so much for Tim Schuerewegen for his excellent work)
    - added option to start Disk menu -> Short self test, extended self test on disks managed by JMicron external RAID enclosures
    - added option to use Disk menu -> Advanced power management, Acoustic Management on disks managed by JMicron external RAID enclosures
    - improved ASM1092R RAID controller chip support
    - improved power on time display for SAS hard disk HGST H7280A520SUN8.0T
     
  3. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

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    I find this application to be a great companion to your backup application.
    You can see dying hard drives or SSDs before they go completely, and you can do a clone and replace it with a new one.
     
  4. guest

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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.40.6 Beta Released (May 29, 2019)
    Website
    Download: www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_5406-isdc.zip
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_beta_revision.txt

    5.40.6
    Beta

    - added support of ThinkSystem 930-8I 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter: detect complete status of SATA/SAS hard disks configured as RAID
    - fixed health display for WD BLUE SSDs
    - added support for ATP industrial SD cards: detect status information, health and statistics,
    added support for Kingston SDCIT industrial SD cards: detect status information, health and statistics
    (THANKS so much for Tim Schuerewegen for his excellent work)
    - improved display of lifetime writes on various Samsung SATA SSDs
    - improved power on time display for various SCSI/SAS hard disk drives
    - improved support of KingSpec SATA SSDs
    - improved detection of SATA disk drives on LSI (non-RAID) HBA controllers
    - overheat tray notification shows affected disk drive first
    - display message box with the result of e-mail test when all notifications disabled
    - new Russian language support, THANKS for Dmitry Yerokhin for the translation
    - new Spanish language support, THANKS for Carlos Rodríguez for the translation
     
  5. guest

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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.40.7 Beta Released (June 11, 2019)
    Website
    Download: https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_5407-hnvb.zip
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_beta_revision.txt

    5.40.7
    Beta

    - added support for MOBIUS 5-bay RAID hard disk enclosure: detect complete status of SATA hard disks configured as JBOD or RAID
    - improved support of multiple HighPoint RAID controllers (SATA only, SATA+SAS, NVMe)
    - added support of Swissbit industrial (micro) SD cards
    (THANKS so much for Tim Schuerewegen for his excellent work)
    - improved display of lifetime writes on various TOSHIBA SATA SSDs
    - improved support of ADATA SU650 SSDs
    - improved support of ORICO 2139U3 external enclosures
     
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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.40.8 Beta Released (June 28, 2019)
    Website
    Download: https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_5408-smmc.zip
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_beta_revision.txt

    5.40.8
    Beta

    - added detection of eMMC storage devices used in tablets: detect and display eMMC specific information
    and self-monitoring status. Display eMMC health (if supported by the eMMC device)
    (THANKS so much for Tim Schuerewegen for his excellent work)
    - improved support of different Kingston, KingDian SSDs
    - improved write-type disk testing with Transcend RDF5 memory card reader
    - improved ATP industrial (micro) SD card detection
    - improved NVMe status detection under Windows 7 when Intel chipset driver 15.7 used for the NVMe SSD
     
  7. paulderdash

    paulderdash Registered Member

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    On my ThinkPad Yoga, HD Sentinel main interface shows my Samsung SSD Health as only 'Acceptable' ('The health is determined by SSD specific S.M.A.R.T. attribute(s): #177 Wear Leveling Count'), though under the S.M.A.R.T. Attributes tab that has a green tick, Status OK.
    and CrystalDiskInfo v8.2 shows Health Status as Good 100%, including the Wear Leveling Count.

    Both agree the Wear Leveling Count is 32, Threshold 5.

    Probably no cause for concern, but just wondering why HD Sentinel shows only 'Acceptable' in main interface?
     
  8. guest

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    Different programs, different "endresult". I wouldn't worry about it.
     
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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.50 Released (July 11, 2019)
    Website
    Download
    Changelog
    Hard Disk Sentinel 5.50 (11/7/2019)
    Improvements and new features:
    • added support of Intel Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel VROC): detect NVMe RAID array members, complete self-monitoring S.M.A.R.T. status of NVMe M.2 SSDs managed by Intel VROC controller
    • added support of HighPoint NVMe RAID controllers: detect NVMe RAID array members, complete self-monitoring S.M.A.R.T. status of NVMe M.2 SSDs managed by HighPoint NVMe RAID controllers
    • added support of HighPoint SSD7101A-1 NVMe RAID controller
    • added support of Lenovo 530-8I RAID adapter: detect complete S.M.A.R.T. status of SATA/SAS hard disk drives configured as RAID
    • added support of ThinkSystem 930-8I 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter: detect complete S.M.A.R.T. status of SATA/SAS hard disk drives configured as RAID
    • added support of Dell PowerEdge Boot Optimized Storage Solution - BOSS: detect RAID array members, complete self-monitoring S.M.A.R.T. status of SSDs managed by the BOSS RAID controller
    • added support for MOBIUS 5-bay RAID hard disk enclosure: detect complete status of SATA hard disks configured as JBOD or RAID
    • added support of ICY DOCK MB662U3-2S R1 RAID external enclosure: detect status information about RAID disk members
    • added support of Kingston Enterprise SSDs: DC500R and DC500M
    • added detection of eMMC storage devices used in tablets: detect and display eMMC specific information and self-monitoring status. Display eMMC health (if supported by the eMMC device)
      (THANKS so much for Tim Schuerewegen for his excellent work)
    • added support for Swissbit industrial SD cards, ATP industrial SD cards, Kingston SDCIT industrial SD cards: detect status information, health and statistics
      (THANKS so much for Tim Schuerewegen for his excellent work)
    • added support of Minerva RAID R2056A adapter (M.2 B+M notch to SATA 7pin x2 RAID Card)
    • added support of various Apacer SATA SSDs
    Improved hardware support:
    • fixed health display for Western Digital WD BLUE SSDs
    • improved support of WD and Hitachi Helium-filled (He) hard disk drives
    • completely redesigned HighPoint SATA/SAS RAID controller support: better detection of RAID array configuration, logical/physical disk drives, improved status detection and S.M.A.R.T. reporting with HighPoint SATA/SAS RAID controllers
    • added option to start Disk menu -> Short self test, extended self test on disks managed by JMicron external RAID enclosures
    • added option to use Disk menu -> Advanced power management, Acoustic Management on disks managed by JMicron external RAID enclosures
    • improved support of JMicron external multi-drive enclosures running in port multiplier (non-RAID) mode (drive order and logical drive assignments corrected)
    • improved NVMe detection with Intel RST RAID driver and Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver
    • improved support of different Kingston, KingDian SSDs
    • improved write-type disk testing with Transcend RDF5 memory card reader
    • improved write-type disk testing of SD cards formatted to exFAT
    • improved NVMe status detection under Windows 7 when Intel chipset driver 15.7 used for the NVMe SSD
    • improved support of multiple HighPoint RAID controllers (SATA only, SATA+SAS, NVMe)
    • improved display of lifetime writes on various TOSHIBA SATA SSDs
    • improved support of ORICO 2139U3 external enclosures
    • improved support of ADATA SU650 SSDs
    • improved support of KingSpec SATA SSDs
    • improved detection of SATA disk drives on LSI (non-RAID) HBA controllers
    • improved ASM1092R RAID controller chip support
    • improved power on time display for SAS hard disk HGST H7280A520SUN8.0T
    • improved support of eSATA / USB multi-drive hard disk enclosures in port multiplier (non-RAID) mode
    • improved compatibility with ICY BOX IB-RD3640SU3
    • improved lifetime writes on various Samsung SATA SSDs
    • improved health display on Kingston SA400M8120G SSD
    • improved Intel NVMe SSD detection
    • improved disk detection with LSI RAID controllers when array(s) degraded / disk(s) missing or foreign
    Bug fixes, further modifications:
    • improved display of lifetime writes on various Samsung SATA SSDs
    • improved power on time display for various SCSI/SAS hard disk drives
    • overheat tray notification shows affected hard disk drive(s) first
    • display message box with the result of e-mail test when all notifications disabled
    • updated Russian language support, THANKS for Dmitry Yerokhin for the translation
    • updated Spanish language support, THANKS for Skylär Astaröt for the translation
    • updated Chinese language support, THANKS Chenxu Wang for the translation
     
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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.50.2 Beta Released (September 10, 2019)
    Website
    Download: https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_5502-lsjm.zip
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_beta_revision.txt

    5.50.2
    Beta

    - added support of Lenovo 730 series RAID controller: detect hard disk drive status used in RAID configuration
    - added support of HIKVISION SSDs
    - added support of Kingston RBUS... series SSDs, new Kingspec SSDs
    - added support of WDC PC SA530 SDATB8Y1T00
    - improved compatibility with Intel VROC NVMe RAID
    - improved support of LSI/DELL SAS/SATA controllers on high number of disks and Cachecade configuration
    - improved support of SK Hynix SC308/SC311 SSDs
    - improved detection and compatibility with AMD RAID integrated controller
    - improved compatibility with DELLBOSS SSD
    - improved compatibility with IcyBox RD3620SU3
    - improved health display for SCSI-NVMe translation
    - improved performance display for eMMC when health drops to 0%
    - fixed bug in HTML report at logical disk free space graph
     
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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.50.5 Beta Released (October 16, 2019)
    Website
    Download: https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_5505-tlv2.zip
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_beta_revision.txt

    5.50.5
    Beta

    - completely updated network engine with TLS 1.2 e-mail authentication
    - added support of Highpoint RocketRAID 3740: detect complete hard disk drive status about SATA/SAS
    hard disk drives and SSDs configured as RAID
    - added support of Adaptec SmartRAID 3152-8i Controller: detect complete hard disk drive status about SATA/SAS
    hard disk drives and SSDs configured as RAID
    - improved support of Lenovo SSDs: previously health may be 1% only on a new SSD
    - improved support of various Kingspec SSDs
    - improved support of various Zheino SSDs
    - improved support of some older Kingston SSDs
    - improved adjustment window of acoustic level, advanced power management on high-DPI
    - improved display of last update date/time for NAS drives
     
  12. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

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    This is an excellent application to use in conjunction with your preferred backup application.
     
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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.50.7 Beta Released (November 12, 2019)
    Website
    Download: https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_5507-hgsa.zip
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_beta_revision.txt

    5.50.7
    Beta

    - improved support of ASMEDIA ASM2362 USB-NVMe adapter detection and NVMe SSD status reporting
    - improved support of KINGSTON HyperX Fury 3D SSD support
    - improved logical drive and NTFS mount point detection and reporting
    - improved reporting of lifetime writes on many SANDISK and LITEON SSDs
    - improved support of Lenovo SSDs
    - improved support of newer Hitachi SAS Helium (He) drives, reporting additional self-monitoring details
     
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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.50.8 Beta Released (November 25, 2019)
    Website
    Download: https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_5508-vsam.zip
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_beta_revision.txt

    VROC RAID, Kingston, Samsung improvements
    5.50.8 Beta

    - detect and report NVMe Namespace Information: total addressable sectors, current sector size,
    LBA format list (possible sector sizes) with performance
    - added support of KINGSTON SEDC450 series
    - added support of KINGSTON KC600 series
    - added function to reset workload counters for Samsung PM883 / PM863a SSDs
    - improved support of Samsung Enterprise class SSDs
    - improved, extended detection of NVMe SSDs on Intel VROC RAID controller
    - improved, extended detection of MaxCache SSDs on Adaptec SATA/SAS RAID controllers
    - improved, extended detection on Marvell 9230 SATA RAID controller
    - improved compatibility and USB drive status detection with Intel H87 chipset
    - improved compatibility with HighPoint 3740 SAS RAID controller and SAS drives
    - improved support of ADATA SSDs
     
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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.50.9 Beta Released (December 12, 2019)
    Website
    Download: https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_5509-rtns.zip
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_beta_revision.txt

    new USB-NVMe adapters support
    5.50.9 Beta

    - added support of Realtek RTL9210 NVMe-USB chipset
    - added support of XT-XINTE USB 3.1 Type-C Adapter USB C 10Gbps USB-NVMe adapter
    - added support of SSK USB-NVMe adapter
    - improved detection with several Intel chipsets (both RAID and with standalone disk configuration)
    - improved lifetime writes on Micron, Toshiba SSDs
    - improved support of ADATA, Kingspec SATA SSDs
    - completely new Turkish language support - thanks for Atyf Zafrak for the translation
     
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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.50.10 Beta Released (January 10, 2020)
    Website
    Download: https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_55010.zip
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_beta_revision.txt

    improved WD SSD support
    5.50.10 Beta

    - added support of KESU USB hard disk / SSD enclosure, JAYCAR XC4687 USB HDD docking station
    - added support of Seagate Nytro SSDs
    - added support of Innovation IT SSDs
    - improved support and correct health display of WD RED SSDs
    - improved support of Crucial SSDs, Apacer AS340 / Apacer AS350 series SSDs
    - improved detection under Windows XP with AMD chipset
    - improved detection under Windows XP with ARECA RAID controllers
    - improved disk selector on user inteface, faster redraw/response in case of high number of disk drives
     
  17. EASTER

    EASTER Registered Member

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    :thumb: Excellent! Thanks @mood. Nice addition
     
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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.50.11 Beta Released (January 23, 2020)
    Website
    Download: https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_55011-lnvr.zip
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_beta_revision.txt

    new SSDs, LSI 9440 NVMe RAID support
    5.50.11 Beta

    - added support of LSI / Broadcom 9440 Tri-mode SAS / SATA / NVMe RAID controllers: detect and display
    NVMe SSDs managed by LSI 9440 RAID controller, configured as NVMe RAID (in addition to SATA RAID, SAS RAID)
    - added support of QNAP TR-004 4-bay USB -> SATA RAID hard disk enclosure:
    detect and display status of hard disk drives used in RAID configuration
    - added support of Raidsonic IB-1817M-C31 USB -> NVMe SSD adapter with updated firmware
    - added support of various external USB SSDs
    - added / improved support of various SAS SSDs, proper support of Sandisk SAS Optimus Eco SSDs
    - improved display of SAS hard disks, added further self-monitoring data to SAS drives
    - fixed real-time performance display graph on NVMe SSDs
     
  19. guest

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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.50.12 Beta Released (February 4, 2020)
    Website
    Download: https://www.hdsentinel.com/beta5/hdsentinel_pro_setup_55012-ifun.zip
     
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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.60 Released (February 12, 2020)
    Website
    Download
    Changelog
    Hard Disk Sentinel 5.60 (12/2/2020)
    Improvements and new features:
    • added support of LSI / Broadcom 9440 Tri-mode SAS / SATA / NVMe RAID controllers: detect NVMe RAID array members, display complete self-monitoring S.M.A.R.T. status of NVMe M.2 SSDs managed by Broadcom 9440 RAID controller, configured as NVMe RAID (in addition to SATA RAID, SAS RAID)
    • added support of Highpoint RocketRAID 3740: detect complete hard disk drive status about SATA/SAS hard disk drives and SSDs configured as RAID
    • added support of Adaptec SmartRAID 3152-8i Controller: detect complete hard disk drive status about SATA/SAS hard disk drives and SSDs configured as RAID
    • added support of Lenovo 730 series RAID controller: detect hard disk drive status used in RAID configuration
    • detect and report NVMe Namespace Information: total addressable sectors, current sector size, LBA format list (possible sector sizes) with performance
    • added function to reset workload counters for Samsung PM883 / PM863a SSDs
    • added support of KINGSTON SEDC450 series
    • added support of KINGSTON KC600 series
    • added support of Seagate Nytro SSDs, Innovation IT SSDs
    • added support of Realtek RTL9210 NVMe-USB adapters
    • added support of KESU USB hard disk / SSD enclosure, JAYCAR XC4687 USB HDD docking station
    • added support of Raidsonic IB-1817M-C31 USB - NVMe SSD adapter with updated firmware
    • added support of XT-XINTE USB 3.1 Type-C Adapter USB C 10Gbps USB-NVMe adapter
    • added support of SSK USB-NVMe adapter
    • added support of QNAP TR-004 4-bay USB - SATA RAID hard disk enclosure: detect and display status of hard disk drives used in RAID configuration
    • added support of HIKVISION SSDs
    • added support of Kingston RBUS... series SSDs, new Kingspec SSDs
    • added support of WDC PC SA530 SDATB8Y1T00
    Improved hardware support:
    • improved support of ASMEDIA ASM2362 USB-NVMe adapter detection and NVMe SSD status reporting
    • improved support of various external USB SSDs
    • improved support of various SAS SSDs, proper support of Sandisk SAS Optimus Eco SSDs
    • improved display of SAS hard disks, SAS SSDs, added further self-monitoring data to the S.M.A.R.T. page of SAS drives
    • improved support and correct health display of WD RED SSDs
    • improved support of Crucial SSDs, Apacer AS340 / Apacer AS350 series SSDs
    • improved detection under Windows XP with AMD chipset
    • improved detection under Windows XP with ARECA RAID controllers
    • improved detection with several Intel chipsets (both RAID and with standalone disk configuration)
    • improved lifetime writes on Micron, Toshiba SSDs
    • improved support of ADATA, Kingspec SATA SSDs
    • improved support of Samsung Enterprise class SSDs
    • improved, extended detection of NVMe SSDs on Intel VROC RAID controller
    • improved, extended detection of MaxCache SSDs on Adaptec SATA/SAS RAID controllers
    • improved, extended detection on Marvell 9230 SATA RAID controller
    • improved compatibility and USB drive status detection with Intel H87 chipset
    • improved support of ADATA SSDs
    • improved support of KINGSTON HyperX Fury 3D SSD support
    • improved reporting of lifetime writes on many SANDISK and LITEON SSDs
    • improved support of Lenovo SSDs
    • improved support of newer Hitachi SAS Helium (He) drives, reporting additional self-monitoring details
    • improved support of Lenovo SSDs: previously health may be 1% only on a new SSD
    • improved support of various Kingspec SSDs
    • improved support of various Zheino SSDs
    • improved support of LSI/DELL SAS/SATA controllers on high number of disks and Cachecade configuration
    • improved support of SK Hynix SC308/SC311 SSDs
    • improved detection and compatibility with AMD RAID integrated controller
    • improved compatibility with DELLBOSS SSD
    • improved compatibility with IcyBox RD3620SU3
    • improved health display for SCSI-NVMe translation
    • improved performance display for eMMC when health drops to 0%
    Bug fixes, further modifications:
    • completely updated network engine, using TLS 1.2 protocol when sending e-mails
    • fixed real-time performance display graph on NVMe SSDs
    • improved disk selector on the user inteface, faster redraw/response in case of high number of disk drives
    • improved logical drive and NTFS mount point detection and reporting
    • improved adjustment window of acoustic level, advanced power management on high-DPI
    • improved display of last update date/time for NAS drives
    • completely new Turkish language support - thanks for Atyf Zafrak for the translation
    • fixed bug in HTML report at logical disk free space graph
     
  21. 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 5.60.1.
    Website - Downloads - Changelog
     
  22. 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 5.60.1b.
    Website - Downloads - Changelog
     
  23. guest

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    Hard Disk Sentinel v5.61 Released (March 12, 2020)
    Website
    Download
    - Updated version is already available but the Changelog for v5.61 is still missing -
     
  24. paulderdash

    paulderdash Registered Member

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    File>Check for new version now also still says 5.60 is up to date.

    Edit: Downloaded and installed (licensed standard) new version manually.
     
    Last edited: Mar 13, 2020
  25. roger_m

    roger_m Registered Member

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    Changelog for v5.61
    https://www.hdsentinel.com/revision.php
     
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