Version History

7.6.1.1648
1. Improved trademark identification.
2. Improved drive capacity detection when using Samsung NVMe driver.
3. NVMe drive maximum power consumption detection.
4. Improved remapped sectors count detection in SATA SSD with SandForce controller.
5. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
6. NVMe drive throttling temperature control capability detection.
7. Detection of light and heavy throttling start temperatures for NVMe drive.
8. Improved detection of SATA drive maximum lifetime temperature.
9. Microsoft Storage Spaces support.
10. Improved S.M.A.R.T. attributes identification.
11. Improved Advanced Format (4Kn) identification.

7.6.1.1481
1. NVMe drive support.
2. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
3. Improved trademark identification.

7.6.1.1475
1. Improved drive pre-failure detection.
2. Improved trademark identification.
3. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
4. Fake drive detection.
5. Improved drive operating time detection.

7.6.1.1294
1. Improved detection of storage devices connected via USB.
2. Added detection of UASP support by the drive.
3. Improved trademark identification.
4. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

7.6.0.1198
1. Added support for Windows 11.
2. Removed support for Windows XP.
3. Improved SATA version detection.
4. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
5. Improved trademark identification.

7.4.0.9873
1. Improved trademark identification.
2. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

7.3.0.9794
1. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
3. Improved trademark identification.
4. Improved detection of storage capacity.

7.3.0.9755
1. Determination of support and activity of the device sleep (DevSleep) by the storage device.
2. Improved trademark identification.
3. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
4. Automatic check for program updates.
5. Displays the load of the CPU.

7.2.0.9655
1. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
2. Improved diagnostics of external drives connected via USB interface.
3. Determine whether the drive uses TRIM.
4. Improved trademark identification.
5. Fixed installation in Windows Vista.

7.1.0.9637
1. Improved trademark identification.
2. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
3. Added identification S.M.A.R.T attribute "Helium Level".
4. Determination of support SATA 3.3

7.1.0.9612
1. Improved trademark identification.
2. Improved drive form factor identification.
3. Added identification of the connector form factor of the device (mSATA, M.2, MicroSSD, CFast).

7.1.0.9606
1. Improved trademark identification.
2. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

7.1.0.9583
1. Improved trademark identification.
2. Improved handling of connection/removal of data storage via USB.

7.1.0.9575
1. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

7.1.0.9574
1. Improved trademark identification.
2. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

7.1.0.9573
1. Improved trademark identification.
2. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

7.1.0.9571
1. Improved trademark identification.

7.1.0.9568
1. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

7.1.0.9567
1. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
2. Improved trademark identification.

7.1.0.9540
1. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

7.1.0.9533
1. Definition of the form-factor drive.
2. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

5.9.1.9483
1. Added the ability to display the temperature in Fahrenheit in the system notifications Windows.
2. Added the ability to display the temperature in the system tray only the hottest drive.
3. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

5.9.1.9378
1. Improved definition version of SATA.
2. Determination of the maximum and current speed of SATA.
3. Improved definition of the host controller.
4. Improved determination of the temperature.
5. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

5.9.1.9291
1. Support portable hard drive with USB interface.
2. Improved trademark identification.
3. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

5.0.1.9192
1. Improved definition of the time required for the destruction of data.
2. Fixed detection sensitivity level free-fall sensor.
3. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
4. Fixed identification of unknown S.M.A.R.T. attributes.
5. Determination of support TRIM.
6. Improved determination of the temperature of the drive.
7. Improved definition of S.M.A.R.T. attributes on the controller SSD Phison.

4.1.1.9111
1. Improved trademark identification.
2. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
3. Improved support Windows 8.
4. Added discussion of the hard drives.
5. Improved measurement speed characteristics.
6. Added forced recovery AAM and APM when exiting the operating system from power-saving mode.
7. Added support SCT.
8. To determine the maximum temperature limit and the maximum recommended temperature.
9. An improved driver emulates a regular ATA hard disk drives as SCSI.
10. Added detection of the speed of rotation of a spindle motor.
11. Automatic selection of the width of the report, depending on the longest line in the report.
12. Improved handling of exit from a power-saving mode.
13. Display S.M.A.R.T. with all known controllers.

2.0.0.7710
1. Improved compatibility with Windows 7.
2. Fix for icon loss in the system notification area on OS startup due to delayed Explorer launch.
3. Correction window size measuring hard drive performance.
4. Improved trademark identification.
5. Determination of support SATA-3.
6. Improved operation when switching operating system and hard disk power-saving modes.

0.8.0.7574
1. Restoring the acoustic noise level (AAM) and advanced power management (APM) settings of the hard disk at program startup if they were changed by another process.

0.8.0.7532
1. Improved trademark identification.

0.8.0.7451
1. New analysis results were added to the already existing "Correct", "Pre-failure" and "Unreliable". The new ones are "Ex-prefailure" and "Ex-irresponsible".
2. Added support for solid-state drives (SSD) manufactured by Transcend и Silicon Motion.
3. Added analysis of self-diagnosis interruption by another process.
4. Fixed temperature determination for some hard drives models manufactured by Samsung.

0.8.0.7315
1. Determination of the hybrid storage devices.
2. Determination of flash memory use and capacity of the latter.
3. Determination of capability and activity of flash memory additional power-saving mode.
4. Improved algorithm of no optimal data transfer mode determination for hard disk drives with the parallel interface (PATA).

0.8.0.7252
1. Determination of support, activity, and sensitivity of the free-fall sensor.
2. Improved trademark identification.
3. Ordered hypertext is displaying information in expert mode.

0.8.0.7038
1. Determination of hardware data cryptography support (BitLocker).
2. Analysis of serial interface (SATA) data transfers mode optimality.
3. Correction of HDD model name distortion by individual drivers.

0.8.0.7034
1. Full compatibility with Microsoft Windows Vista.
2. Trademark identification.

0.8.0.6853
1. Increased stability of linear disk read speed measurement using original (S)ATA NVIDIA nForce controller drivers.
2. The capability of sending of the report without the use of the post client.

0.8.0.6641
1. Improved determination of the hard drive hardware access restriction state.
2. Improved determination of the power-saving state of a storage device and operating system.
3. Improved determination of the files used to access the HDD for obsolete drivers who do not support PnP.

0.8.0.6628
1. The increase of the hard disk drives speed performance measurement precision.
2. Determination of instability while reading the information.
3. Determination of a steady speed of linear reading.
4. Determination of the percentage of data reading instability.
5. Determination of motherboard ATA controller revision.
6. Improved algorithm of driver files listing.

0.8.0.6300
1. The increase of computer configurations quantity (master controller + driver) for providing direct access to the hard drive to tune the latter.
2. Displaying file names used by drivers to access the storage device.
3. Measurement of buffered disk read speed (speed of information exchange between the motherboard controller and hard drive controller).

0.8.0.5832
1. Displaying of last known hard disk drive temperature in gray if the power-saving mode is active.
2. Single notification of data storing reliability decay in case a hard drive or operating system shifts to the power-saving mode.
3. Single notification in case of detection of the excess of the peak temperature recommended by the producer suggesting a more detailed inspection of this event.
4. Refusal of support of the old operation systems of the MS Windows 9x family.

0.8.0.5086
1. A new analysis result was added to the already existing "Correct" and "Pre-failure" - "Unreliable".
2. Warning when a non-critical parameter goes beyond the design limits.
3. Displaying of temperature in red in case of hard drive overheat detection.

0.8.0.4622
1. Hard disk drives are tuning (AAM and APM management).
2. Starting and results analysis of hard drive internal self-diagnosis.
3. Optimal use of screen dimensions for displaying the information ("rubber" report).
4. Determination of hidden partition support.
5. Determination of support and activity of partition access restriction.
6. Determination of command overlapping support.
7. Determination of command queuing support (TCQ, NCQ).
8. SATA-2 support determination.

0.7.0.3767
1. Increased average access time measurement precision in 10 times.
2. Improved notification algorithm in case of magnetic surface degradation.
3. Displaying of the performance analysis process.
4. Added error description if a report cannot be sent.

0.7.0.3379
1. Determination of the quantity of power switching on times during the whole hard disk drive life period.
2. Determination of self-diagnosis types supports and their execution time.

0.7.0.3093
1. Displaying of logical disks connection with physical devices.
2. Extended file systems defragmentation.

0.7.0.3002
1. Fixed microcode error for sure Seagate hard disk drive models, which previously caused wrong temperature determination.
2. Notification of HDD magnetic surface degradation.
3. Determination of the hard drive operation time from the date of production and estimation of the number of bad sectors.
4. Expert mode (report division into simplified and extended variants).

0.7.0.1679
1. Determination of parallel interface channel (primary or secondary) to which storage device is connected and setup of the latter (master or slave).

0.7.0.1600
1. File systems defragmentation.
2. Performance analysis.

0.7.0.1377
1. Notification of hard disk drives pre-failure condition.
2. User-friendly capacity determination of hard drive and hardware-based cache memory.

0.7.0.1228
1. Interface type determination - parallel (PATA), serial (SATA).
2. Determination of the highest hard drive temperature reached during the program work period or the entire performance life for Seagate models.

0.7.0.1105
1. Integrated into the executable file function of installing, upgrading and uninstalling of the program.
2. Determination of main nominal hard disk drives parameters.