Hard Drive Inspector for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista

	Version 2.50 build 435
	September 26, 2007.

	Copyright (C) 2001-2007 AltrixSoft. All Rights Reserved.
	http://www.altrixsoft.com


Program description
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	Hard Drive Inspector is the most powerful, convenient and effective program 
	based on the S.M.A.R.T. technology to control the state of your 
	hard disk drives.
	Most computer users agree that their data is the most valuable element 
	of their computer system. Through the S.M.A.R.T. System, Hard Drive Inspector
	allows you to predict a possible failure of the hdd before it occurs. 
	As the access to electronic information becomes more and more vital 
	in business and at home, Hard Drive Inspector allows you to reach beyond 
	the traditional boundaries of hdd’s reliability and extend their protection 
	of valuable user data to new and more sophisticated levels.
	Hard Drive Inspector has a flexible option system, which allows you 
	to customize the functioning of this utility as you want. 
	Hard Drive Inspector has an easy-to-use, nice-looking interface. 
	It also offers many useful features, which makes the S.M.A.R.T. monitoring 
	process full-scale and easy:

	- Ability to operate with more than one hdd : up to 32. 

	- Shows all necessary S.M.A.R.T. information including the current, 
	threshold, worst and raw values. 

	- Displays a versatile info about a hdd such as capacity, number of 
	cylinders, heads, sectors, buffer size, etc. 

	- Either an administrator or any user can run Hard Drive Inspector 
	on Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista.

	- Permits you to monitor the temperature of the hdds if they have 
	the thermal sensors. 

	- Periodical and "check at startup and exit" operating modes. 

	- Messaging function.  Program may send a message by e-mail 
	if a HDD is near to fall out. 

	- Multi-language user interface. 

	- Hides in the system tray and does not require any desktop space. 

	- Automatic launching at the Windows startup. 

	- This version of Hard Drive Inspector supports only hdds with the PATA 
	and some models on SATA interfaces. No RAID/SCSI/FireWire and other external
	interfaces are supported.


System Requirements
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	- Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista 

	- MS Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher

	- 6 MB free disk space

	- At least one ATA-compatible (PATA or SATA) hard drive. 
	USB disks based on Cypress AT2 chips (USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge) are supported. 
	Below is incomplete list of the supported USB drives and enclosures:
		1) Transcend StoreJet 3.5 TS0GSJ35, StoreJet 2.5 TS0GSJ25;
		2) Western Digital Passport Portable Hard Drives;
		3) Thermaltake Muse A2291, A2292, A2293, A2294, A2295, A2296;
		4) AgeStar MR3K1F, IUB3A-SO, IUB3A-BK, IUB2O1, IUB2A;
		5) DelronTech U00830-525NS, U00830-35MA1, FU9183A-25DS, U00830-25DS;
		6) ArrowMicro PM-526U2-ACS, PM-525U2-ACB;
		7) Sarotech FCD-524U2;
		8) Iomega USB 2.0 external hard drives;
		9) Conceptronic Grab'n'Go 3.5 Hard Disk USB 2.0 (CHD3UL),
			Grab'n'Go 2.5 Hard Disk USB 2.0 (CHD2UL),
			USB 2.0 storage box 5.25 (CID525U);
		10) OmegaTech UHD211, UHD213, UHD221, UHD225, UHD231, UHD233, UHD234,
			UHD235, UHD251, UHD253, UHD255;
		11) Lacie Rugged All-Terrain Hard Drive, Skwarim, Brick Mobile Hard Drive,
			Mobile Hard Drive, Design by F.A. Porsche, Mobile Drive;
		12) Gembird FD2-UF2;
		13) Mad Dog Multimedia MegaVAULT 3.5; MegaVAULT 2.5.

	I-O DATA USB disks of HDH-SUE, HDH-SU, HDH-UEH, HDC-U, HDP-U, HDPX-SU, 
		HDMX-SU, HDH-U, HDH-US, HDH-U, HDPX-U, HDMX-U series.
	
	- A mouse

	- 16-color VGA Card (High Color recommended)



Installation
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	Copy the distribution kit content into a temporary directory
	and run setup.exe.

	Note: If you didn't download Hard Drive Inspector from its web page, but from
	another source (magazine CD or some software library), please
	visit our home page at http://www.altrixsoft.com/en/hddinsp/ - you'll
	probably find a later version.


Uninstallation
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	Run Uninstall from the Start\Settings\Program Panel\Add/Remove Program
 Screen.

        Important! You must exit from Hard Drive Inspector before running Uninstall. 
	Otherwise some files and registry settings may not be removed.


How to Order
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	Hard Drive Inspector is a shareware. It's fully functional during trial
	period (30 days). See order .txt for order details.



License
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	See license


Support
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	If you have a problem, please contact us at
	support@altrixsoft.com. Every bug you report, your comment, opinion
	or suggestion has great value for our support team. Feel free to contact us
	for any question concerning Hard Drive Inspector.

	Also,  you can visit the Hard Drive Inspector home page at
	http://www.altrixsoft.com/en/hddinsp/ to download the most recent
	version or to register your copy.