* added SSL support for sending mails, allows the use of Gmail accounts or other accounts requires SSL authentication
* added support for dual-disk USB enclosures including Western Digital MyBook Premium II and SilverStone SST-DS221
* improved support for Adaptec, Promise, ITE hard disk controllers
* added option to hide/show labels on S.M.A.R.T. graphs
* displaying logical drives and labels on disk buttons
* completely new real time performance monitoring engine
* completely new network engine
* diagnostic version (use /ENABLETEST to log detection steps and problems to TESTMODE.TXT)
* improved speed of detection on slower disk controllers
* detects and monitors up to 100 hard disks
* "Mail test" sends test mail with the external module also (to prevent firewall issues) if one or more project(s) configured
* added FINNISH language files (thanks to Jarkko Mäkineva for translation)
* added RUSSIAN complete help (thanks to Andrey Nikolaev for translation)
* user interface fixes and improved speed under Vista, Win7
* user interface fixes with large fonts
* fixed anti-aliased tray icons
* fixed configuration window closing issue
* fixed display of "unregistered version" label
* fixed display of partition labels
* improved display of USB VID/PID information
* user interface improvements
* improved compatibility

· Added support for newer NVidia chipsets and different previously unsupported controllers
· Added 300+ new hard disks to database
· Properly support Dutch language (thanks to Geert Pirens)
· Properly support Ukrainian language (thanks to Alexey Lugin)
· Improved speed and responsiveness of the software
· Detecting and displaying hard disk controller and location information
· Detecting and displaying new disk features (free-fall control, NV cache size, etc.)
· Detecting and displaying more version and transport details
· Menu and report changes, improvements

detection of SATA disks configured to RAID arrays on Silicon Image RAID controllers


added DISK menu to main menu with disk related functions

added Advanced Power Management of individual disks (*)

added Free Fall control management for 2.5" hard disk drives supporting this feature (*)

option to configure custom yellow / red temperature threshold levels for each drives

option to delay startup when started with Windows

option to disable popup before shutdown

improved network drive detection and support

added Load Activation Keyfile button to make offline activation easier

displaying and reporting NTFS mount points for drives



Improved hardware support:

improved detection of large RAID arrays

advanced detection of SSD controllers:
SandForce, Marvell, Indilinx, Amigos, JMicron, Samsung, Toshiba, Intel, Phison controllers

improved detection of SSD specific attributes, health and temperature (if supported by the SSD)

improved detection of exclusively locked drives

improved JMicron JMB36X / Gigabyte GBB36X hard disk controller support

improved Windows 98/ME/NT4 support



Bug fixes:

date display fixed

various minor bug fixes




(*): requires support of hard disk controller driver also

* detection of SATA disks configured to RAID arrays on INTEL Matrix RAID controllers (ICH7R / ICH8R / ICH9R / ICH10R / Series 3400)
Driver update may be required from the Driver Zone to get all information.

* improved health calculation and information reporting for various SSD and HDD devices

* reporting Advanced Format: physical sectors with 4096 bytes

* improved surface test

* user interface fixes and improvements

* bug fixed with attribute database

* detection of SATA/PATA disks configured to RAID arrays on JMicron JMB36X / Gigabyte GBB36X RAID controllers
Driver update is required from the Driver Zone to get all information.

* support for dual drive enclosures with standalone (port multiplier) mode (Welland ME-280J, Welland ME-580J, etc.)

* added Turkish language support, thanks for oFLee team : Sadri Sadi Berber ve Behçet Berber

* compatibility enhancements with various SSDs and RAID controllers

* improved Advanced Format support

* enhanced disk test on Advanced Format drives

* improved surface tests, write tests for Windows 7/2008/Vista

* improved dynamic DNS update functions

* improved compatibility with external devices added/removed during sleep or hibernation state

* improved tray icon support for Windows 7/2008/Vista

* improved sidebar gadget (displays coloured temperature values, logical disk information, etc.)

* user interface fixes and improvements

Improvements and new features:

File -> Open status of offline disk(s)
Load and display previously saved disk status and statistics for any hard disk / SSD previously connected.

File -> Windows Volume/RAID Information
Display Windows Logical Disk Management information including software RAID status

Report -> Save Authentic Disk Report
Save report about selected hard disk(s) and protect the report to prevent unauthorized change (ideal for disk resellers / maintenance)

Report -> Verify Authentic Disk Report
Verify if the previously saved authentic disk report is valid

detect volume information (partition style, type, alignment, cluster size)

display more details in Random seek Test window

detect and display if TRIM is supported and enabled in the OS for an SSD

improved text description for HDD/SSD specific attributes


Improved hardware support:

better detection on LSI RAID controllers

improved power on time detection

improved real time performance display

improved 3ware controller support: detection of SATA, SAS disks

improved AMD RAID controller support: detection of one disk per RAID arrays (limited by the RAID controller) when the latest driver is used from Driver Zone

improved Intel RAID controller support

improved Marvell 6G SATA controller support

improved acoustic management / advanced power management setting

proper detection of new SSD controllers (Marvell, Sandforce, Intel, JMicron, etc.)

proper detection of new SSD models (OCZ Vertex3, Intel 320, Intel 510, etc.)

general improvements for Samsung drives

compatibility issue with Samsung S1 mini fixed

compatibility issue with OCZ Revodrive fixed (incorrect temperature reported)

Bug fixes, further modifications:

improved display and responsible user interface

improved FTP upload support

improved disk surface test, display, result processing

improved e-mail sending with SSL

file issues fixed

failed startup on 200% DPI setting

Improvements and new features:

displaying lifetime writes for SSDs or lifetime start/stop count for hard disks (if available)
displaying current TRIM status of SSDs
displaying daily minimum temperatures
improved text description for both HDDs and SSDs and special situations
option to specify standard width for sidebar gadget (Configuration -> Status window)

Improved hardware support:
improved LSI RAID controller support
improved power on time detection for mobile hard disks, SSDs and SCSI hard disks
added Intel SAS RAID controller support (RS2BL080, RS2WC040, RS2WC080, etc.)
added support for SAS expanders (Intel RES2SV240, Supermicro CSE-M28E2, etc.)
added Intel Z68 RAID controller support, displaying both SSD and hard disk status
added support of external RAID enclosures with 2-8 hard disks
added support for ICY Dock (2x2.5" -> 3.5" converter)
improved compatibility for some USB hard disks
improved detection for older hard disks (small capacity Quantum, WDC, Maxtor drives)
100+ new hard disks and SSD models added to database

Bug fixes, further modifications:
improved report sending
improved listing of S.M.A.R.T. attributes, keeping selected attribute when new hard disk selected
improved display of offline disk information
invisible mode fixes (service mode without displaying user interface, just issue alerts and provide details via WebStatus)
all tray icons can be hidden (no need to display at least one tray icon)
tray icon menu fix
improved disk surface test (random, butterfly test improvements; fix for Windows 2000)
fixed date/time format on some Windows 7 systems

Improvements and new features:
Portable version: runs without installation and without modification of local system
Disk menu -> Online Warranty Check: verify drive warranty status on manufacturer website
Configuration -> Advanced options: option to change data folder location
option to enter comment (tag) for each hard disks
option to copy single line to clipboard from "Information" page after right-click popup menu
hard disk surface test improvements
option to export transfer rate values after surface test
last detection timestamp displayed on the bottom status line
added /TXTREPORT [filename], /HTMLREPORT [filename] command line parameters to quickly save complete report
Reset workload counters function for Intel SSD
option to automatically re-adjust advanced power management / acoustic management settings on startup if required
added Belarusian language support (translated by Yuri Petrashko)
added digital signatures to files

Improved hardware support:
added support to DELL RAID controllers
added support for HP USB external drives
added support for Marvell 63xx/64xx SAS RAID controllers (detection of SAS hard disk drives in RAID array)
improved support and attribute list for Sandforce SSD, Samsung SSD, Intel SSD models
improved support for Crucial SSD, Kingston SSD
improved support for USB hard disk drives and USB adapters
improved compatibility for Marvell SATA controllers
improved SCSI/SAS hard disk drive support: advanced health calculation, power on time display, test log
improved detection of hard disk power state
improved short / extended self test starting on Windows 7
improved advanced power management / acoustic management configuration
improved support for RAID 10 arrays on LSI controllers
improved RAID support under Windows 2003 x64
improved functionality after waking up from standby with some USB hard disk drives
detecting drives A: and B: if they are associated with hard disks / SSDs

Bug fixes, further modifications:
using local APPDATA folder for Windows scheduler configuration files (.VBS files) under Windows Vista, 7, 2008, 8
improved real-time performance detection
bug fixed with tray icons under Windows 7 x64
bug fixed with "registry-export" projects
online attribute comparison and tray icon problems fixed with Samsung 2.5" SSDs