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PassMark (TM) Software's DiskCheckup
Copyright (C) 2006 PassMark Software
All Rights Reserved
http://www.passmark.com
Overview
========
PassMark DiskCheckupÖ allows the user to monitor the SMART attributes of a
particular hard disk drive. SMART (Self Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology)
is an interface between a computer's BIOS (basic input/output system) and the computer
hard disk. It is a feature of the Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (EIDE) technology
that controls access to the hard drive. If S.M.A.R.T is enabled when a computer is set up,
the BIOS can receive analytical information from the hard drive and determine whether to send
the user a warning message about possible future failure of the hard drive.
Status
======
Free for personal use. Company license is US$15 per license.
Contact PassMark« software, asking about our attractive rates for Multi-user and site licenses.
sales@passmark.com
Installation
============
Unzip the zip file and run the DiskCheckup.exe installation file.
UnInstallation
==============
Run the uninstaller from the directory that the program was installed or
from the DiskCheckup's Start menu uninstaller.
Requirements
======================
Platforms: Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP, Server 2003 (requires administrative privileges)
16 MB RAM, 1 MB of disk space
Version History
===============
Here is a summary of all changes that have been made in each version of DiskCheckup (build 1002 onwards).
v2.0 (build 1004):
==================
1. Built with SmartDisk DLL v1.0 (build 1012)
- Fixed bug whereby Win9x users will be prompted with:
"There were errors trying to gather the SMART info.
You have no access rights to gather drive information."
- Found a possible bug whereby when calling DeviceIOControl to gather SMART
data, the bDriveHeadReg of the IDEREGS structure is not assigned correctly.
- Added GETVERSIONOUTPARAMS to DEVICEINFO in SmartDisk.h. This struct contains
the device capabilities and IDE device map.
Revision Author Date
v2.0 (1003) SK 04 Dec 2006
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1. Fixed bug whereby the path of DiskCheckup.cfg is not proper (it was using "DiskCheckup.cfg"
in the current working directory). Path is now concatenated with current module directory.
This should fix the symptom whereby when DiskCheckup is launched from the command line,
it does not remember the last configuration that it was saved.
2. Built with MAP file.
3. Added -c command line parameter to allow user to choose configuration file to load.
Example: DiskCheckup -c "C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\test.cfg"
4. Fixed reported crash when trying to get hardisks details.
5. Built with SmartDisk DLL v1.0 (build 1011)
- DLL was also calling WMI class, which is not being used at all.
- WMI module commented out to prevent name pollution.
- DebugLogWriteLine is changed to DllDebugWriteLine.
- Fixed behaviour whereby if a virtual drive is present (a drive
created with the Windows tool "subst", whereby a folder is
associated with a drive letter), DiskCheckup prompts that
user has no access rights and exits. It should now display all
other valid drives and skip virtual drives.
6. Help files built with H&M 4.2 (rids security warning when viewing help
from IE).
v2.0 (1002) SK 25 Oct 2006
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1. v2.0 (build 1001) was still reporting duplicate drives. This version should fix this issue.
2. On Vista, instead of just saying "You have no access rights...", we now print info on
how they can run it as an administrator.
3. When user changed temperature warning level, Smart Info is not updating its status correctly
(amber: warning, black: ok)
4. Temperature warning should warn when temperature is equal or more than warning level.
This is now corrected.
5. Built with SmartDisk DLL v1.0 (build 1010)
- fixed issue where checking of TEC for temperature is not correct (becuase RAW value
of temperature as obtained from some drive has high order garbage).
- Should handdle running under Windows 98/Me better. Function not supported under Windows 98/Me
should now return STATUS_ERR_FUNCTION_NOT_SUPPORTED from SmartDisk DLL. DiskCheckup will then
treat such info as "N.A." and display all other available info.
6. Changed to browser-based online HTML help files from compiled HTML help files (.chm files
does not like hashes '#' in its path and also will not open over network drives due
to XP's security features).
Documentation
=============
All the documentation is included in the online help file.
It can be accessed from the help button.
Support
=======
For technical support, questions, suggestions, please check the help file for
our email address or visit our web page at http://www.passmark.com/support/index.htm
Ordering / Registration
=======================
All the details are in the help file documentation
or you can visit our sales information page
http://www.passmark.com/sales
Specific Disclaimer on Failure Predictions
==========================================
DiskCheckup utilizes statistical analysis to predict possible failure
dates of hard disk drives. Because there are no æcertaintiesÆ in statistical analysis,
PassMark« Software Pty Ltd disclaims all liability for any and all costs incurred by either:
1) The hard disk drive failing before the predicted failure date
estimated by the application, or
2) The hard disk drive continuing to function beyond the predicted
failure date estimated by the application.
In either situation, PassMark« disclaims liability for any losses due to loss or damage to
data. PassMark« further disclaims any liability for costs incurred in anticipation of a disk
drive failure that does not eventuate (e.g. replacement hard disk drives, transfer time, downtime, etc).
This disclaimer is in addition to the Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability
mentioned elsewhere in this EULA and on our web site.
Enjoy..
The PassMark Development team