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FREE: Hard Disk Sentinel PRO v4.50 for PC

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FREE: Hard Disk Sentinel PRO v4.50 for PC
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tightarse on 17/09/2015 - 14:26 sharewareonsale.com (3152 clicks)
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Hard Disk Sentinel Professional is a hard drive and SSD health, temperature and performance monitoring program. Hard Disk Sentinel Professional has integrated backup and disk repairing functions and is designed to monitor hard drive and SSD health, predict hard drive and SSD failure, fix hard drive and SSD problems, improve hard drive and SSD performance degradations, and prevent data loss.

  • 1-computer lifetime license
  • No free updates
  • No free tech support
  • Must be downloaded & installed before offer ends
  • Download size 14.9MB
  • Supports Win XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 (32-bit & 64-bit)
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  • Agret on 17/09/2015 - 14:34
    +5

    This is an excellent piece of software, the SMART data history and health status are fantastic.

  • jv on 17/09/2015 - 15:00
    -3

    I have 4.40, is it worth upgrading ?

    • Maverick-au on 17/09/2015 - 15:05
      +22

      I have 4.40, is it worth upgrading ?

      Why don't you compare the two versions and tell us.

      • mrgeckoz on 17/09/2015 - 15:16
        +6

        nice avatar. nice comment.

        • Clear on 17/09/2015 - 15:28
          +3

          He stole it from me :(

        • Utopian on 17/09/2015 - 15:33
          +6

          @Clear: How much is it, normally?

        • mrgeckoz on 17/09/2015 - 17:34
          +3

          @Utopian:
          jv:How much is it, normally?
          Maverick-au/Clear: ?yllamron, ti si hcum woH

        • Clear on 18/09/2015 - 12:22

          @mrgeckoz: ¿ʎllɐɯɹou ʇᴉ sᴉ ɥɔnɯ ʍoH

        • mrgeckoz on 18/09/2015 - 18:19

          @Clear:
          thats it.

    • FabMan on 18/09/2015 - 20:21

      People are harsh

  • smiles on 17/09/2015 - 15:19

    How frequently do we use this application? :-~

    • OBEY YOUR MASTERS on 17/09/2015 - 15:46

      As far as I know it just provides test information. It doesn't perform maintenance on your drives. Just use if you think you need to.

      • Gavman on 17/09/2015 - 16:10

        "Hard Disk Sentinel Professional has integrated backup and disk repairing functions and is designed to monitor hard drive and SSD health, predict hard drive and SSD failure, fix hard drive and SSD problems, improve hard drive and SSD performance degradations, and prevent data loss."

        Doesn't seem like to be just test information as it describes itself.

        • OBEY YOUR MASTERS on 17/09/2015 - 16:31

          It seems to provide disk repair options in the surface test menu (all of which are destructive except for one). Other than that can anybody elaborate on how this software "repairs" HDDs?

        • [Deactivated] on 17/09/2015 - 17:00

          @gtrdude: It's a basic program that does basic functions. The repair would be no different to a chkdsk repair - mark the offending sectors as bad and not to be used. The other option is to clear reported errors which just means resetting the SMART data. This does nothing in terms of helping the operation of the drive and HD Sentinel doesn't pretend it does.

    • JimB on 17/09/2015 - 16:36

      My is always running, well, I see it when I boot up the PC.

    • [Deactivated] on 17/09/2015 - 16:58
      +1

      I use it all the time. But I fix computers for a living.

      It's a good thing to have on people's computer to let them know something's awry. Probably not worth paying for but a free version is very welcome.

  • Ravensbane on 17/09/2015 - 15:32

    Thanks. Apparently my external hdd has 4 days left :(

    • Oxxy on 17/09/2015 - 16:19
      +8

      Thats good to know, but you'd have a backup anyway wouldn't you? :P=

      Porn doesn't download itself after all :)

      Make sure to backup.

      • Utopian on 17/09/2015 - 17:33
        +1

        50 Cent - Candy Shop

        You gon' back that thing up or should i push up on it

  • bchliu on 17/09/2015 - 17:12
    +1

    Pretty nice app. I can swear that my HDD is causing some failures - but cannot identify which one exactly even with it though. Maybe the reboots are caused from the USB 3.0 PCI-e card. hmmm…

    • [Deactivated] on 17/09/2015 - 17:17

      If you're having reboots that don't create a BSOD/Event then the odds a HDD is at fault are very, very low.

      • bchliu on 17/09/2015 - 17:20

        It does.. and does a dumplog too. But the Dumplogs is not very meaningful pointing specifically at the kernel without any device driver indications. I swear I've gone through the entire machine and changed the parts - RAM, Disks/SSD's etc. Only thing left is that damned USB 3.0 card.

        • [Deactivated] on 17/09/2015 - 17:23
          +2

          Nothing more annoying than an intermittent bug that survives multiple part replacements.

        • starionx on 17/09/2015 - 17:28

          @tantryl:

          Or a Dumplog that refuses to be flushed out of the system.
          :D

        • wyrmy on 17/09/2015 - 18:39

          If not the PCI card then PSU is possible. Also can't rule out software issues without detailed investigation.

        • klownz on 17/09/2015 - 19:02

          You may have already done this but try using a can of compressed air and cleaning all the dust off mainboard and video cards / memory etc.

          Solved some BSOD issues I was having with my box.

        • bchliu on 17/09/2015 - 19:28

          @wyrmy: Not software for sure. I've rebuilt it twice (its actually my Windows Server) on separate SSD's. The Windows install is so plain because the only thing running on it is Hyper-V and VM's (which run in their own protected space with separate installations).

        • bchliu on 17/09/2015 - 19:31

          @klownz: Pretty much done that and vacuumed it out to be sure. Too hard to test the PSU, but its a relatively newish machine (<3 years old). Its a stock HP desktop. There are only two cards in it - an Intel Gbit NIC and a no name USB 3.0 PCIe card.

        • Abaddon on 18/09/2015 - 13:14

          @starionx: It's worse when you don't get a dump log.

          Which has been the case every time my pc has slept since I "upgraded" to Windows 10.

          DRIVER POWER STATE FAILURE

          Dump recording just sticks at 0%. So I have no idea which driver or hardware might be at fault.

  • samfisher5986 on 17/09/2015 - 17:17
    +1

    This is great software, I use it for my server with 20 hard drives in it.

    I have it run short self tests weekly automatically which it then sends me an email with the report on how they went.

    Lots of features, worth buying.

  • Utopian on 17/09/2015 - 17:38
    +1

    Older version, and no updates… but free-is-free. Thanks.

    Just An FYI: (personally, I unsubscribed on the spot)

    By giving us your email, you give us permission to send you daily newsletters about Windows, Mac, Android, and/or iPhone & iPad software and apps from SharewareOnSale and our sister website, HungryForApps. You can unsubscribe at any time from the bottom of each email, and once you unsubscribe you will not be added again the next time you download from us. We will not sell your email. If this is not acceptable to you, please leave now.

    • scrimshaw on 17/09/2015 - 19:49
      +1

      Throwaway email, always, for any give away sites. Never use your proper email unless you want it to fill with pink tinned ham.

      • Utopian on 18/09/2015 - 09:58

        Agreed. But I've got a handful of spam Gmail accounts for that. Helps for sites that might be good down the track, or if they're 'onto' mailinator style sites.

    • dojomojo on 18/09/2015 - 07:35

      www.guerrillamail.com

  • Windows7forever on 17/09/2015 - 18:00
    +1

    Ta

  • CVonC on 18/09/2015 - 02:41

    does it need to be installed by a certain date/time?

    • Maverick-au on 18/09/2015 - 03:26

      does it need to be installed by a certain date/time?

      Yes.

      • CVonC on 18/09/2015 - 03:27

        When.

        • dojomojo on 18/09/2015 - 07:37
          +3

          Before your hard drive dies

        • payton on 18/09/2015 - 08:42

          sharewareonsale stated deal will end sometime this afternoon (there is a time counter on their site). Not sure if the vendor requires online activation and they will disable the free registration after this afternoon, or is it free forever once you have the setup file.

        • walkerbait on 18/09/2015 - 18:21

          T&C
          "Must be downloaded and installed before this offer is over; you cannot install / reinstall later, such as if your computer crashes. Want to install / reinstall at any time? Then get Hard Disk Sentinel Professional with free lifetime upgrades"

    • Lenneth on 19/09/2015 - 17:14
      +1

      I installed it today and there were no problems.

  • sengork on 18/09/2015 - 07:46

    Essential Thanks Arse.

  • clubhonda on 18/09/2015 - 07:49

    I use Avira and its blocked the InstallCore.Gen.7 when I unzipped the downloaded zip file. Anyone else encountered the same?

    • payton on 18/09/2015 - 08:40

      uploaded the installer file to Virustotal and it came back all good, no positive detection.
      Antivir companies used to offer free online scan for single files, when I checked couple of companies today, all of them offers "free system scan" butI have to install stuff to do it, no convenient single file scans :(

  • smitchy on 18/09/2015 - 08:43
    +1

    Great software ended up buying 4.6 recently with a discount code ended up being around 20bux… totally worth the cost…it has saved me in the past and also allowed me to see my SSD in the past start to die so i replaced it early before shit hit the fan.

  • cumova on 18/09/2015 - 08:45
    +2

    when you sign up you start getting spam emails, just be warned. already another 2 today.

    • RJK on 18/09/2015 - 22:45
      +2

      Doesn't seem to respect the Unsubscribe option, already done twice. Will have to permanently block them.

  • chingy213 on 18/09/2015 - 14:07

    Very good app.

    If the data that is given is accurate then this is a bargain!

  • Agret on 18/09/2015 - 15:33
    +3

    You can convert this into the portable edition.

    Goto http://www.hdsentinel.com/download.php

    Download the Hard Disk Sentinel Pro portable ZIP.

    Extract the ZIP to your USB/somewhere on your PC.

    Copy & overwrite HDSentinel.exe with the one from your C:\Program Files (x86)\Hard Disk Sentinel\ and also copy HDSentinel.key from this folder into the portable folder.

    Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/51ldTUf.png

    • scrimshaw on 18/09/2015 - 17:01

      Didn't work for me unfortunately. I unzipped v4.60 Portable into a USB drive, then overwrote the executable file with my v4.50 version and also copied the license key file into the drive.

      • Agret on 19/09/2015 - 02:15

        What if you press the load registration key button and then select the key file?

        • scrimshaw on 19/09/2015 - 15:20

          facepalm. Thank you. That was obvious. Didn't think of that.

  • RefusdClassification on 19/09/2015 - 04:41
    +1

    A related and useful hard disk shareware program is HD Tune. http://www.hdtune.com/

    I wish there were more shareware sales and shareware bundles, like there are with PC games. It is very expensive to build up a library of applications, and I am not even going to mention high end stuff like Adobe or Autodesk products. Most people either rely on freeware, or pirate, or a combination of both. Through Ozbargain I have picked up about 5 free versions of commercial software. Thanks for letting the rest of us know about these deals.

    PC software is far more expensive than mobile appz.

  • AlexF on 19/09/2015 - 17:05

    On hdsentinel.com there's a link to a testimonial by one of their customers:

    We currently use the software for testing all HDD that we buy before they are put into service, and as we sometimes buy refurbished drives for certain things, knowing their condition is very important, and the software has caught several with bad sectors allowing us to return them rather than have them fail on us.

    I've never heard of a enterprise buying refurbished HDDs. Does this happen elsewhere?

    • Maverick-au on 20/09/2015 - 12:44

      I've never heard of a enterprise buying refurbished HDDs. Does this happen elsewhere?

      What about storage providers who use large amounts of storage? What about backup solutions where disk cost is paramount? Where do you think all the refurbished hard drives go?

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