Features of Hard Disk Sentinel Professional
Easy to use interface
All information is displayed in the main window of the application. Quick controls allow easy navigation to access all hard disks, partitions, and different information. Intuitive user interface elements display information by using green/yellow/red color to indicate the level of problem. Detailed text description and context-sensitive help guide the user through the features and options.
1. Install > 2. Configure > 3. Stay protected
Just install, configure alerts and backup functions and your system is now safe. You'll be notified about the problems - but if everything is correct, Hard Disk Sentinel just sits on tray and displays the current status. The data is protected 24 hours daily, 7 days a week.
Hard Disk Management
Control Advanced Power Management level and adjust the Free Fall Control sensitivity of hard disks to maximize hard disk performance and data safety.
Backup
A wide range of automatic backup methods is available: to backup data to the local computer, to a LAN server or to a remote server by transferring files via FTP (or even by e-mail). It is possible to use 3rd party tools to create archives or burn CD/DVD media. Hard Disk Sentinel Professional can manage the power status of remote computers in the network, so it is possible to automatically power on and shut down remote computers, for example, a backup server.
API Interface For Developers
With the API it is possible to query detected hard disk information from the software. This way 3rd party software can log, display or otherwise process detected hard disk drive information including temperature, health and so.
Remote Monitoring
Hard Disk Sentinel Professional offers extensive remote monitoring capabilities. Hard disk status can be checked remotely by a web browser, even by a mobile phone or a PDA.
Instant S.M.A.R.T. analyzing
Hard Disk Sentinel can communicate with all IDE, Serial ATA, NVMe, SCSI, SAS, and most USB hard disk drives, SSD and hybrid drives (SSHD) to detect their status and temperature. Hard disk status is displayed immediately as you launch the application, there is no need to analyze hard disks for a long period. It displays the current and maximum temperature for the hard disk. It reads all general and vendor-specific attributes and monitor their values. For advanced users, all raw data are displayed also including power-on time and the number of read/write errors. Hard Disk Sentinel interprets the performance and fitness related S.M.A.R.T. values and displays the calculated Performance and Health percentage, total power on time and estimated lifetime remaining.
Hard Disk Hardware and Software Tests
By using Hard Disk Sentinel, it is possible to start hardware hard disk self-tests. These tests can be used to effectively find all hard disk problems because built-in hardware methods are used to verify hard disk components (for example heads, servo, the internal buffer in the Short self-test). The Extended self-test also verifies the complete hard disk surface, finds and repairs all weak areas and re-allocates the possible bad sectors. This is not possible with the software-based hard disk surface scan methods (for example, by using Scandisk).
Seek Noise Test
Seek Test - to verify hard disk noise, seek time performance and temperature. Longer tests can be used as very deep and intensive stress-tests for the hard disk and verify if additional cooling is required.
Enhanced Hard Disk Tests
Surface Test - to verify hard disk surface with intensive hard disk testing methods to reveal and fix hard disk problems. Surface reinitialization resets all sectors to factory default states. Different destructive and non-destructive tests are available to refresh the condition of any hard disk drives, solid-state disks or even your pen drives or memory cards.
Logging
Hard Disk Sentinel logs all degradations in all SMART parameters and issues alerts in such cases to maximize data protection. For example, if a new bad sector is found on your hard disk, you will be notified.
Alerts
Hard Disk Sentinel has a wide range of alerts upon different problems. It can send e-mail (with e-mail->SMS gateway it can be SMS warning to your mobile), network message, can play sound alerts and so. It can execute various tasks (automatic panic backup or any configured external applications) in case of a problem. There is an option to send daily emails about the current status.
Shutdown
Offers option to shut down the computer on hard disk failure, HDD overheat or health degradation. This option can be used in combination with the alerts to prevent further data loss.
Hard Disk Details
Detects and displays every information about the hard disk, from the revision number and buffer size to all features it has. The maximum available and current transfer modes are also displayed.
HDD status in Windows Explorer |
Information on demand
Current hard disk temperatures and health are displyed on the system tray and can be displayed in a small status window, the desktop itself or in a sidebar gadget (under Windows Vista or newer operating system). Average and maximum temperatures are logged for all hard disks and these informations are displayed in graphs for statistical purposes.
Hard Disk Performance
Logs how much data were read from or written to the hard disk. Displays current transfer rates for both reading and writing and estimates the maximum available (theoretical) transfer rate for a particular hard disk.
Hard Disk Partitions
Displays partitions for each physical hard disks and type and usage informations about them so you cannot run out of space. Hard Disk Sentinel sends this information automatically in alert/status messages.
Acoustic Management
Offers the option to control the acoustic level of IDE/S-ATA hard disk. It is possible to increase performance or make the hard disk drive more silent. Unique feature: control the acoustic level of your external USB hard disk (if your USB enclosure is equipped with one of the proper USB-ATA bridge chips which support this feature).
Clock Synchronization
It offers option to synchronize the PC clock with an atomic clock via NTP (Network Time Protocol).
Product Comparision:
Feature | Trial | Standard | Professional | Enterprise | |
Displaying disk and partition information | |||||
Support IDE/SATA/SCSI/SAS/USB drives | |||||
Display status on the tray, disk icons, sidebar | |||||
Run as Application or Service | |||||
Hardware disk tests | |||||
Hard disk seek time, stress tests | |||||
XML export, API for developers | |||||
Information by the web browser | |||||
Customizable interface and reports | |||||
Backup and restore configuration, statistics | |||||
Password protection | |||||
Wide range of alerts (e-mail, sound, message, etc.) | |||||
Daily status reports | |||||
Clock synchronization with atomic clock | |||||
Hotkeys to reach features | |||||
SMART parameter offset calibration | |||||
Surface check | |||||
Complete surface analysis, refresh, reinitialize | |||||
Industry-standard data destruction | |||||
Portable version (no installation required) | |||||
Perform scheduled backup projects | |||||
Panic backup - backup upon failure or problem | |||||
Burn data to CD/DVD by NERO | |||||
Compress files by WinRAR or 7-ZIP | |||||
Export registry sections | |||||
Transfer files by FTP or e-mail | |||||
Scheduled hardware disk tests | |||||
Tray icon/report in service mode with non-admin user | |||||
Provide complete status by WMI for developers | |||||
Remote monitoring over the network | |||||
Remote disk management (tests, acoustics) | |||||
Remote disk and system information | |||||
Global and individual logs for remote systems |
Licensing Information | |
License Validity | Life Time |
Number of Devices | 1 PC |
Free Upgrades | Yes |
Free Upgrades Validity | Life Time |
Reactivation on same computer | Yes, product can be activated again using the same registration key when the operating system is formatted or re-installed. |
Version | Enterprise |
Delivery Information | |
Delivery Mode | Email (Digital Goods) |
Downloadable | Yes |
Hardware Requirements | |
Support IDE/SATA/SCSI/SAS/USB drives | Yes |
System Requirements | |
Device | PC |
Platform | Windows |
Architecture | Both 32 bit (x86) and 64 bit |
Package Contains | |
In the package | Registration Key |
Media (CD/DVD) | No |
User Manual | Not Available |
General Information | |
Condition | New |
Quality | 100% Genuine |
Reseller Product | Yes |
Type | Maintenance |
Operating System Requirements | |
Operating System(s) | Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016 |
Miscellaneous | |
Password protection | Yes |
Wide range of alerts (e-mail, sound, message, etc.) | Yes |
Daily status reports | Yes |
Clock synchronization with atomic clock | Yes |
Hot keys to reach features | Yes |
SMART parameter offset calibration | Yes |
Surface check | Yes |
Complete surface analysis, refresh, reinitialise | Yes |
Industry-standard data destruction | Yes |
Portable version (no installation required) | Yes |
Perform scheduled backup projects | Yes |
Panic backup - backup upon failure or problem | Yes |
Burn data to CD/DVD by NERO | Yes |
Compress files by WinRAR or 7-ZIP | Yes |
Export registry sections | Yes |
Transfer files by FTP or e-mail | Yes |
Scheduled hardware disk tests | Yes |
Tray icon / report in service mode with non-admin user | Yes |
Provide complete status by WMI for developers | Yes |
Remote monitoring over network | Yes |
Remote disk management (tests, acoustics) | No |
Remote disk and system information | No |
Global and individual logs for remote systems | No |
Manufacturer Information | |
Brand | Hard Disk Sentinel |
Manufacturer Website | https://www.hdsentinel.com/ |
Features | |
Displaying disk and partition information | Yes |
Display status on tray, disk icons, sidebar | Yes |
Run as Application or Service | Yes |
Hardware disk tests | Yes |
Hard disk seek time, stress tests | Yes |
XML export, API for developers | Yes |
Information by web browser | Yes |
Customizable interface and reports | Yes |
Backup and restore configuration, statistics | Yes |
Hard Disk Sentinel Professional 1 PC Life Time License
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