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Hard Drive Inspector for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
Version 2.63 build 451
January 28, 2007.
Copyright (C) 2001-2008 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 hddÆs 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.