Hard Disk Monitoring

Sorry, do not really understand what is the question. Please check the Help, it explains the Health and Performance values. Generally the Health reflects the actual status of the drive, how "good" it is. The Performance reflects how fast is the actual drive in the current system, is there ...

It is related to the drive itself. Generally it is the responsibility of the drive how to accept the special commands like short self test / extended self test (or the command to cancel the running self test). Hard DIsk Sentinel attempts to send the proper command - but yes, sometimes (depending on ...

Without seeing the status, Health, hard to say but probably no, no need to worry. Generally the Estimated Remaining Lifetime is calculated based on - how long the drive used (the Power On Time value) - the current Health % The estimated remaining lifetime is not a strict countdown,it will not show w...

Thanks, good to see

Yes, if you still have the old (original) system, and if you want to save all settings, statistics, registration/license info, please use Configuration -> Update -> Backup configuration to save all settings, statistics, logs, etc to a single file. After installation of the software on the new instal...

Thanks for your excellent work and time, I just added the sample image and the download link to the

https://www.hdsentinel.com/add-on-iconsets.php

page, so users can find it there too

Thanks for the tip, will consider about different disk drive types too.

It is not enough to save any files as some the details are stored in the Windows registry. If you want to save all settings, statistics, registration info, please use Configuration -> Update -> Backup configuration to save all settings, statistics, logs, etc to a single file. After installation of t...

No, I can confirm that for safety, it is not possible to start disk surface test on disk drive(s) by a shortcut or similar.
Surface tests can be only started from Disk menu -> Surface test window (on one or more, even all disk drives).

Hard Disk Sentinel saved the position of the separator between the list of physical / logical disk drives, so yes, the left bottom section may be not visible eg. if the screen resolution / DPI changed. The easiest way is to completely close Hard Disk Sentinel by File -> Exit and then delete the file...

I'm afraid yes, what you see is completely "normal" (even if not expected). Generally any disk operation (file copy/move, defragmentation, antivirus scan, disk testing with Hard Disk Sentinel or any other tools) can reveal bad sectors. Depending on the drive and the usage, bad sectors may ...

Wow, thanks for your post, hard work and time, I'm sure it would be really helpful for users ;) If you agree, I'll add your package to the https://www.hdsentinel.com/add-on-iconsets.php page (with your nickname or real name as you prefer) as it would help other users too. > Can you please let me kno...

Thanks for your message and the tip! Generally text report may not generated this way (unless you configure e-mail alert too), but generally when the "Run external application or batch file" option selected on Configuration -> Message settings, there are many environment variables set acco...

On the first image, error 433 appears during the disk test, which means that a device (the disk drive) previously available is no longer connected, just like if we'd disconnect its cable. This is why all further blocks are red, as the drive is no longer accessible. Usually this error confirms proble...

Thanks for the tip, yes, that may be good idea to add, so will be surely available in a later version (probably together with "long" serial number mentioned in the other topic).

Thanks for the reports
These always help researching and further development.

Thanks for the tip, yes, that may be useful, so probably added in a later version.

Yes, I'm afraid this is completely normal and expected, absolutely not a bug/limitation of the Linux version of Hard Disk Sentinel, but a generic bug/limitation of the MegaRAID under Linux (so I moved the topic). Under Linux, I'm afraid with MegaRAID it is not possible to map which physical drive is...

Yes, this is "normal". The automatic update downloads new versions by different schedule, so it is rolled out automatically. The update will be available in some hours / days in the software. If you do not wish to wait, you can complete close Hard Disk Sentinel Pro by File -> Exit and (wit...

Excellent question, I'd be happy to hear experiences about such hard disks ...

Yes, this is "normal". The automatic update downloads new versions by different schedule, so it is rolled out automatically. The update will be available in some hours / days in the software. If you do not wish to wait, you can complete close Hard Disk Sentinel Pro by File -> Exit and (wit...