Hard Drive Inspector Professional revision history
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+ New feature
o Minor change
!! Bug fix
Version 3.40, build #287 January 29, 2010
+ added the support of WD My Passport (IDE) and Seagate FreeAgent Desktop external drives
Version 3.35, build #279 January 12, 2010
+ added the support of WD My Passport Elite and Toshiba PX1270E-1G16 external drives
Version 3.33, build #263 December 4, 2009
+ added the support of WD My Passport 070A and WD My Passport Essential external drives
Version 3.32, build #259 November 11, 2009
+ added the support of Freecom Hard Drive XS and Toshiba PX1396E-3T01 external drives
Version 3.31, build #255 October 10, 2009
+ added the support of Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini/Maxtor Basics Portable drives external drives
Version 3.30, build #250 September 14, 2009
+ added the support of the Silicon Image Sil 0680 IDE controller and Sil 3112/3114/3132/3512 SATA controllers
+ added the support of the Initio external drives/Lacie hard disk Neil Poulton design drives
Version 3.28, build #241 August 6, 2009
+ added the support of Seagate FreeAgent Desk drives
+ added Serbian language (thanks to Ceca i Milan)
o renewed Armenian language (thanks to Hrant Ohanyan)
Version 3.27, build #238 June 26, 2009
+ application tested on Windows 7 RC1 OS
+ added the support of Western Digital Elements Desktop and WDE1UBK drives
Version 3.26, build #235 May 26, 2009
+ added the support of Maxtor OneTouch 4 drives external drives
Version 3.25, build #231 May 5, 2009
+ added the support of USB/eSATA disks based on the SunPlusIT chips
!! fixed the bug when BSOD appeared during the connecting of the Sony Ericsson W810 cell phone to the PC
Version 3.21, build #217 April 6, 2009
+ added the support of many USB/eSATA disks based on the JMicron chips
Version 3.12, build #211 March 12, 2009
+ added Danish language (thanks to Mogens Dreier)
!! fixed the bug when HDI didn't show S.M.A.R.T. info in the case when HDD didn't report the S.M.A.R.T. threshold values
Version 3.11, build #207 February 14, 2009
+ renewed Dutch-Belgium language (thanks to Paul Lowagie)
Version 3.1, build #201 January 28, 2009
+ added Turkish language (thanks to Burak Erdogan)
Version 3.0, build #198 December 18, 2008
+ added detecting and displaying new disk features (free-fall control, NV cache size)
o renewed Finnish language (thanks to Vesa Juusola)
Version 3.0, build #195 November 18, 2008
o some internal procedures and algorithms improved
!! fixed the drawing problem of the disk temperature in the General Info view
Version 3.0, build #194 November 6, 2008
+ added the support of the 3Ware 8xxx and 9xxx Series RAID controllers
+ added the support of the SCSI drives
+ added the support of the Mtron SSD devices
o some minor design changes were made
o CPU identification algorithm improved
o help file improved
o some internal procedures and algorithms improved
Version 2.102, build #486 October 1, 2008
o some interface elements has been redesigned
Version 2.101, build #483 September 15, 2008
o some internal procedures and algorithms improved
!! fixed the bug in HDD Info Service when HDI couldn't get S.M.A.R.T. info in some rare cases
Version 2.100, build #481 August 28, 2008
o S.M.A.R.T. attributes history chart has been redesigned
Version 2.99, build #477 August 7, 2008
o renewed German language (thanks to Dieter Wellmann)
o some internal procedures and algorithms improved
Version 2.98, build #475 July 15, 2008
+ added Finnish language (thanks to Vesa Juusola)
+ added the support of the new IOCTLs for getting S.M.A.R.T. data from IDE (ATA/SATA) drives
o application tested on Windows 2008 Server OS
!! fixed the serious bug which made the application crash in the case when the Desktop color depth was not equal to 32 bit
!! fixed the problem when temperature value in the "Health Summary" tab was not repainted in some cases
Version 2.95, build #471 May 11, 2008
+ added Korean language (thanks to Jung Kyu Park)
Version 2.90, build #467 April 11, 2008
+ added Farsi language (thanks to Ali Neamati)
Version 2.85, build #470 March 15, 2008
+ renewed Portuguese-Brazil language (thanks to Rossano Ed)
Version 2.80, build #464 February 27, 2008
+ added the support of Quik Tech Solutions USB storage adapters
Version 2.70, build #459 February 12, 2008
+ added the support of Fujitsu HandyDrive USB disks
Version 2.63, build #451 January 28, 2008
o HTML and TXT reports improved
Version 2.62, build #447 January 7, 2008
+ added Romanian language (thanks to Alexandru Butoi)
o changed the PowerMode function behaviour in the Hard Drive Inspector for Notebooks edition. When SATA HDD supported the "Receipt of host-initiated interface power management request" and "Device initiating interface power management" SATA capabilities then the device might be always in the "StandBy" power mode so Hard Drive Inspector could not show the full HDD info.
Version 2.61, build #441 December 2, 2007
!! fixed the error when you received the error massage "There was an unknown error during the 'ReloadHDDInfo' method's execution. The error was 0x80004005.Unexpected error." in the case of the erroneous HDD Info Service's installation procedure
Version 2.60, build #440 November 24, 2007
o some internal procedures and algorithms improved
Version 2.50, build #435 September 18, 2007
o renewed Russian language
Version 2.47, build #427 August 23, 2007
o some internal procedures and algorithms improved
Version 2.46, build #423 August 7, 2007
+ added Polish language (thanks to Robert Lubinski)
Version 2.45, build #420 July 18, 2007
+ added Indonesian language (thanks to Yohanes Kurniawan)
o memory management improved
Version 2.44, build #412 July 2, 2007
o some internal procedures and algorithms improved
!! fixed the error when Hard Drive Inspector showed constantly the message ôThe Hard Drive Inspector coulnÆt set the disk into the æActiveÆ Power Mode"
Version 2.43, build #407 June 25, 2007
+ added Hebrew language (thanks to Zilberman Tzahi)
o memory management of the HDD Info Service improved
Version 2.42, build #402 June 13, 2007
o some GUI changes were made for a better appearance under MS Windows Vista OS
o renewed Czech language (thanks to Martin Knor)
Version 2.41, build #398 May 29, 2007
+ new Hard Drive Inspector for Notebooks version released
o renewed Ukrainian language (thanks to Sergo M.)
Version 2.40, build #392 May 23, 2007
o renewed Italian language (thanks to Raffaele Bassetti)
o renewed Spanish language (thanks to Alberto Castillo)
o fixed the bug when HDD Info Service might lock the supported by HDI USB drives during the "Safely Remove Hardware" procedure
Version 2.33, build #385 May 14, 2007
+ added Portuguese-Portugal language (thanks to Carlos Moreira)
o renewed Hungarian language (thanks to Tibor Papp)
!! fixed the bug when Hard Drive Inspector crashed at startup on Windows Vista OS with the enabled DEP (Data Execution Prevention) option
Version 2.32, build #380 May 7, 2007
+ added the support of USB disks based on the In-System Design chips (USB 2.0 ATA Bridge)
+ added Russian help file
o renewed Slovak language (thanks to Miloslav Kurca)
o renewed Armenian language (thanks to Hrant Ohanyan)
Version 2.31, build #377 April 30, 2007
+ added Arabic - Saudi Arabia language (thanks to Ammar Fatani)
+ added the option to change the color of the temperature icon text
Version 2.30, build #370 April 23, 2007
+ added the support of USB disks based on the I-O DATA chips
+ added Belarusian language (thanks to Jaroslav Bezlepkin)
+ all executable modules (.exe, .dll, .msi) including the setup mackage are now digitally signed by the certificate issued by VeriSign
o Hard Drive Inspector doesn't support anymore Microsoft Windows 98/ME/NT 4.0 OS
!! fixed few heap damage errors that might invoke the application crash
Version 2.23, build #363 April 17, 2007
+ added the ability to determine the Power-on time unit measure. It will require not more than 2 hours since the launching of HDD Info Service to determine exactly the Power-on time unit measure.
o removed the procedure which detected incorrectly sometimes the physical location of the PATA drives because there were no more hard binding among PATA device physical locations and their positions in the OS since SATA controllers had been added on the motherboards.
o log.err file removed from the HDI's installation folder to the "<disk>:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data" one
o some help file improvements
Version 2.22, build #358 April 11, 2007
+ added Bulgarian language (thanks to Kiril)
o added new temperature option "Show all temperatures in one window". See the Help for details.
o changed the Trial period length from 30 to 14 days
Version 2.21, build #355 April 3, 2007
o added the ability to resize main window
o added the ability to enable S.M.A.R.T. on the HDDs in the USB enclosures
!! fixed the error when there appeared the USB shadows of the PATA/SATA disks connected to the internal controllers sometimes
!! fixed the drawing procedure of the "Temperature diagram" when changing temperature units from "Fahrenheit" to "Celsius" degree
!! fixed the bug when the value of the "Play sound warning" option of the "Reliability Control" section of the "Options" dialog was not saved during the sessions and there was not ability to turn off the sound
Version 2.20, build #350 March 27, 2007
+ added the support of USB disks based on the Cypress AT2 chips (USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge)
!! fixed the bug with the list control tooltip window when it appeared in the not prescribed position
Version 2.11, build #337 March 21, 2007
o changed the drive filter system in the HDD Info Service in that way if a drive had no addressable sectors then it was skipped. It was done to skip ATAPI CD/DVD-ROMs that supported ATA commands.
!! fixed the dialog sizing problems when non-standard screen DPI-settings were selected
Version 2.1, build #328 March 10, 2007
o added "Skip drives that report wrong S.M.A.R.T. data" option
Version 2.1, build #327 March 8, 2007
o renewed Greek language (thanks to Kostas Sidiropoulos)
o renewed German language (thanks to Jⁿrgen Tomasi)
!! fixed the bug in the HDD Temperature diagram in case when "10 seconds" time scale was selected and the temperature history was too long to be drawn on the screen
Version 2.0, build #323 û February 23, 2007
o renewed Chinese - Taiwan language (thanks to Joanna)
Version 2.0, build #317 û February 13, 2007
+ added new "Basic" Mode for better usability
+ new color scheme was applied for the "Health Summary" View (the old name was "General Info" tab)
+ added "Automatic Acoustic Management" and "Advanced Power Management" features. See the "Options" dialog for details.
+ "HDD Info Service" may launch Hard Drive Inspector in the following case when the status of your HDDs may become "Danger" at the time of Hard Drive Inspector's non-running.
+ added the changeable time scale to the "Temperature diagram". You can see temperature values in "10 seconds"/"1 minute"/"10 minutes"/"1 hour" time scales.
+ "HDD Info Service" stores HDD's temperature history so when Hard Drive Inspector starts it shows temperature history for all "HDD Info Service"'s run-time.
+ added "Power-on time" value calculated on the "Power-On Hours" attribute's raw value to the "General Info" view
o "Options" dialog was renewed for better usability
o help file was renewed for better usability
o "Prognosis" tab was removed
o renewed Hungarian language (thanks to Tibor Papp)
o renewed Dutch - The Netherlands language (thanks to Koos van Riemsdijk)
o renewed Armenian language (thanks to Hrant Ohanyan)
o renewed Ukrainian language (thanks to Sergo M.)
o many internal procedures and algorithms improved/fixed
Version 1.99, build #1023 û February 8, 2007
+ added Hungarian language (thanks to Tibor Papp)
o many internal procedures and algorithms improved/fixed
Version 1.98, build #1014 û January 11, 2007
!! fixed the bug when HDI couldn't detect HDDs if the SATA disks were configured to work in AHCI mode in the "IDE Configuration" section of BIOS
Version 1.97, build #1011 û December 30, 2006
o renewed Chinese - Taiwan language (thanks to Joanna)
Version 1.96, build #1007 û December 14, 2006
+ added Dutch - The Netherlands language (thanks to Koos van Riemsdijk)
o changed the "HDD Info Service" installation procedure. It doesn't require the OS restarting now.
Version 1.95, build #987 û November 30, 2006
o renewed Spanish language (thanks to Jeremy Mora)
!! fixed the error when HDI could not be launched displaying message "Can't load dlgres.dll resource library" under MS Windows 98/ME OS
Version 1.94, build #984 û November 22, 2006
!! fixed the error when HDI icon appears in the ALT/Tab list of running programs in case when the "Hide in system status area" option was checked
Version 1.94, build #983 û November 20, 2006
+ added Greek language (thanks to Kostas Sidiropoulos)
Version 1.93, build #978 û November 8, 2006
!! fixed the error when the main window didn't hide during the minimization procedure in case when the "Hide in system status area" option was checked
Version 1.93, build #977 û October 31, 2006
o changed the color of the description text in the "General Info" view in cases when HDD's status is not OK
o few internal procedures and algorithms improved
Version 1.93, build #975 û October 23, 2006
+ added Czech language (thanks to Jirφ Bayer)
!! fixed the error when HDI couldn't be launched on the MS Windows 98/ME/NT 4.0 systems because of the static linking to the InternetSetCallbackStatusW function in the wininet.dll
Version 1.92, build #970 û October 9, 2006
+ added Chinese - Taiwan language (thanks to Joanna)
!! fixed the error when HDI didn't launch a program specified in the "Run program" option of the "Temperature" and in the "Run program on critical changes" option of the "S.M.A.R.T. monitoring" sections of the "Options" dialog in the case when path contained spaces or quotation marks.
Version 1.91, build #965 û September 28, 2006
o registration scheme has been changed
o some internal procedures and algorithms improved
Version 1.9, build #963 û September 15, 2006
+ added Portuguese-Brazil language (thanks to Jesus Lopez Aros)
Version 1.88, build #954 û August 19, 2006
+ added/changed the description of many S.M.A.R.T. attributes
Version 1.87, build #953 û August 2, 2006
+ added Ukrainian language (thanks to Sergo M.)
Version 1.85, build #950 û June 30, 2006
+ added Arabic - Syria language (thanks to Salem Almesmary)
+ added Vietnamese language (thanks to Vuong Do Thanh Huy)
o identified S.M.A.R.T. attribute 190 for Western Digital disks
Version 1.8, build #931 û May 24, 2006
+ a new registration key system. Note: if you have already bought a license for Hard Drive Inspector, contact AltrixSoft Support Team for getting a new one.
o new "Already Installed" installation page which is shown when the installation procedure is launched for the second time without uninstalling the previous version of Hard Drive Inspector
o new "HDDs are in use since" installation page. It allows you to enter the date when you have started to utilize your HDDs. When this date is set, it becomes most likely that Hard Drive Inspector will be able to make a correct prognosis right at the moment, even if you just started to use Hard Drive Inspector. It also significantly improves the prognosisÆs quality. This date cannot be later than today and earlier than 01/01/1990.
Version 1.7, build #923 û April 13, 2006
+ added Slovak language (thanks to Miloslav Kurca)
Version 1.6, build #920 û March 23, 2006
+ added Chinese (China) language (thanks to XiaoSD)
Version 1.6, build #918 û March 8, 2006
+ Hard Drive Inspector is now compatible with the Microsoft Layer for Unicode.
+ added Slovenian language (thanks to Jadran Rudec)
Version 1.6, build #915 û February 1, 2006
o many code patched to be compatible with the Microsoft Layer for Unicode. The next version will be compiled with the Microsoft Layer for Unicode DLL (UnicoWS.dll).
o the prognosis algorithm corrected
Version 1.5, build #908 û February 1, 2006
+ added Dutch-Belgium language (thanks to Geert Pirens)
Version 1.5, build #902 û January 20, 2006
!! fixed the error when focused some items, hitting the Enter key cleared the contents in the "S.M.A.R.T. details" and "Prognosis" views, "Options" dialog
!! In the "General Info" view when the "Death time" was over the message was like '-1 days left'. Changed to '1 days are past'.
!! fixed the GUI resource leaks and errors
Version 1.5, build #895 û January 8, 2006
!! fixed the error when the up and down scroll bar was not displayed even if the contents became too long on the advanced info view. This happened when there was one HDD in the PC.
!! fixed the problem of writing to the Application Event Log of incomplete information
Version 1.5, build #893 û November 26, 2005
+ a dded new feature to send mails through SMTP (see "Options" window topic)
+ a dded Spanish language (thanks to Sergio Gustavo Rambaud)
Version 1.4, build #877 û October 5, 2005
+ a dded French language (thanks to Jean-Noδl Brandenburger)
o added # column with the S.M.A.R.T. attribute's number to the S.M.A.R.T. details table to lighten the searching procedure of attributes in the Help
Version 1.4, build #873 û September 8, 2005
+ a dded German language (thanks to Jⁿrgen Tomasi)
Version 1.4, build #870 û August 24, 2005
o help file, some internal procedures and algorithms improved
Version 1.3, build #848 û July 14, 2005
o fixed an error in the T.E.C. date prediction algorithm. It causes that Hard Drive Inspector tells about a near hdd's death time even if the "HDD is in use" date was entered correctly.
Version 1.3, build #847 û June 14, 2005
+ a dded Italian language (thanks to Nicola Lazzaris)
Version 1.3, build #846 û May 31, 2005
o help file, some internal procedures and algorithms improved
o there's no more support of MS Windows 95 OS
Version 1.3, build #844 û April 27, 2005
!! fixed a bug applying to "Hard Drive Inspector is not able to deal with your hdd models now..." message under MS Windows 95 OSR2 / MS Windows 98 / MS Windows ME.
Version 1.3, build #842 û April 8, 2005
!! fixed a bug applying to "Hard Drive Inspector is not able to deal with your hdd models now..." message under MS Windows 2000.
Version 1.3, build #840 û March 14, 2005
+ a more realistic T.E.C. date prediction algorithm
o t he 'X' button minimizes to tray now. The only "Exit" menu exits the program.
!! many errors corrected:
- the program disabled window contents display on movement, despite global Windows user settings;
- temperature meters in the tray stopped being updated after some time;
- in "General Info" temperature graph link and label for the second hard disk disappeared after some time;
- SMART was updated only once on program start-up, despite the request of updating once an hour
- and others.
Version 1.2, build #825 û February 23, 2005
+ Added Norwegian (Bokmel) language (thanks to Eddie Johansen).
Version 1.2, build #824 û February 5, 2005
!! fixed a serious error which may arise under Windows 95/98/ME with two messages: 1) "The ...\HDInspector.exe file appears to be corrupt. Reinstall the file, and then try again."; 2) "Windows cannot run this program because it is in an invalid format.".
Version 1.2, build #823 û January 13, 2005
+ ability to operate with up to 32 hard disk drives on the Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 OS now (before only up to 4 disks)
+ detection of HDD's arrival/removal in the hot-swapping mode
+ a new registration key system. Note: if you have already bought a license for Hard Drive Inspector, contact AltrixSoft Support Team for getting a new one.
o the installation will not start until you have administrative rights on the local computer. It also won't run if you don't have MS Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher installed.
Version 1.1, build #807 û November 29, 2004
o many internal procedures and algorithms improved.
Version 1.0, build #759 û October 11, 2004
+ the first release
Version 0.9, pre-release û November 17, 2003
+ many features added
!! some major and a lot of minor bugs fixed
Version 0.2, first beta-version û December 25, 2002
+ the first beta-version
Version 0.1, first alpha-version û January 7, 2002
