Version History

7.6.1.1649
1. Improved trademark identification.
2. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
3. Improved fake drive detection.
4. Improved S.M.A.R.T. attributes identification.
5. Improved hard drive disk buffer size detection.

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 USB drive detection.
2. UASP protocol support detection.
3. Improved trademark identification.
4. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

7.6.0.1198
1. Added Windows 11 support.
2. Removed Windows XP support.
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 drive capacity detection.

7.3.0.9755
1. Device sleep (DevSleep) support and activity detection.
2. Improved trademark identification.
3. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
4. Automatic check for program updates.
5. CPU load display.

7.2.0.9655
1. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
2. Improved diagnostics of external drives connected via USB interface.
3. Drive TRIM usage detection.
4. Improved trademark identification.
5. Fixed installation on Windows Vista.

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

7.1.0.9612
1. Improved trademark identification.
2. Improved drive form factor identification.
3. Drive connectors identification (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 USB drive connect/disconnect event handling.

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. Drive form factor identification.
2. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

5.9.1.9483
1. Option to display drive temperatures in Fahrenheit.
2. Option to display the temperature of only the hottest drive.
3. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

5.9.1.9378
1. Improved SATA version detection.
2. Maximum supported and current SATA speed detection.
3. Improved host controller identification.
4. Improved drive temperature detection.
5. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

5.9.1.9291
1. USB drive support.
2. Improved trademark identification.
3. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.

5.0.1.9192
1. Improved disk complete data destruction time detection.
2. Improved hard disk free-fall sensor sensitivity level detection.
3. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
4. Improved S.M.A.R.T. attributes identification.
5. TRIM support detection.
6. Improved drive temperature detection.

4.1.1.9111
1. Improved trademark identification.
2. Improved SATA SSD controller identification.
3. Improved Windows 8 support.
4. Drive discussion feature added.
5. Improved drive performance characteristics measurement.
6. AAM and APM settings recovery after OS resume from power saving mode.
7. SCT support detection.
8. Drive maximum limit and recommended temperature detection.
9. Improved handling driver emulating regular ATA drive as SCSI.
10. Hard disk spindle motor rotation speed detection.
11. Automatic report width adjustment based longest line.
12. Improved power saving mode resume handling.
13. SSD controller-based S.M.A.R.T. display.

2.0.0.7710
1. Improved Windows 7 compatibility.
2. Fixed tray icon disappearing on delayed Explorer startup.
3. Drive performance measurement window sizing fixed.
4. Improved trademark identification.
5. Drive SATA-3 compatibility detection.
6. Improved OS/drive power saving mode transition handling.

0.8.0.7574
1. Restores acoustic noise level (AAM) and advanced power management (APM) settings on program startup if changed by other processes.

0.8.0.7532
1. Improved trademark identification.

0.8.0.7451
1. Added "Was pre-failure" and "Was unreliable" to existing analysis states: "Operational", "Pre-failure", "Unreliable".
2. Added drive self-test interrupt handling by other processes.
3. Fixed temperature detection for some Samsung drive models.

0.8.0.7315
1. Improved PATA drive suboptimal data transfer mode detection.

0.8.0.7252
1. Hard drive free-fall sensor presence, activity, sensitivity detection.
2. Improved trademark identification.
3. Structured expert hypertext view.

0.8.0.7038
1. Trusted computing support detection.
2. SATA data transfer mode optimality check.

0.8.0.7034
1. Added support for Windows Vista.
2. Trademark identification.

0.8.0.6853
1. Improved linear read speed measurement stability with original NVIDIA nForce driver.

0.8.0.6641
1. Improved drive access restriction status detection.
2. Improved drive and OS power saving status detection.

0.8.0.6628
1. Improved drive speed characteristic measurement accuracy.
2. Data read instability detection.
3. Stable linear read speed detection.

0.8.0.6300
1. Improved direct drive access for tuning.
2. Disk access driver filenames display.
3. Buffered read speed measurement.

0.8.0.5832
1. Last known drive temperature shown in gray during power saving mode.
2. Drive manufacturer maximum temperature exceedance notification.
3. Legacy Windows 9x support discontinued.

0.8.0.5086
1. Added "Unreliable" status to existing "Operational" and "Pre-failure" analysis results.
2. Non-critical parameter out-of-range warning.
3. Drive overheat temperature shown red.

0.8.0.4622
1. Hard drive tuning (AAM and APM management).
2. Drive internal self-test execution and analysis.
3. Responsive info display (optimized screen usage).
4. Hidden partition support detection
5. Partition access restriction support/activity detection.
6. Overlapped command support detection.
7. Command queue reordering support detection (TCQ, NCQ).
8. Drive SATA-2 compatibility detection.

0.7.0.3767
1. Average access time measurement accuracy increased 10x.
2. Improved magnetic surface degradation alerting.
3. Drive performance analysis process display.
4. Added error description for failure publishing to database.

0.7.0.3379
1. Lifetime drive power cycle count detection.
2. Drive self-test types and times detection.

0.7.0.3093
1. Logical disk to physical device mapping detection.

0.7.0.3002
1. Firmware bug fix for incorrect temperature detection in certain Seagate models.
2. Hard drive magnetic surface degradation alert.
3. Drive operational time detection since manufacturing.
4. Drive reallocated sectors count detection.
5. Expert mode (split drive info into simplified and advanced views).

0.7.0.1679
1. Parallel interface channel (primary/secondary) and HDD role (master/slave) detection.

0.7.0.1600
1. File system defragmentation.
2. Drive performance analysis.

0.7.0.1377
1. Drive pre-failure state alert.
2. User-friendly drive and cache buffer size detection.

0.7.0.1228
1. Drive interface type (PATA/SATA) detection.
2. Maximum drive temperature detection over full operational lifetime, or program runtime if unavailable.

0.7.0.1105
1. Basic drive passport data detection.