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Hard Disk Sentinel 4.71 for FREE (RRP $19.50USD) @ Sharewareonsale
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rendo on 28/01/2017 - 10:28 sharewareonsale.com (9967 clicks)
Last edited 29/01/2017 - 12:59 by 2 other users

Hello OzB'ers

As an IT professional, I have been using this software for years. I wish every computer had this installed. I've installed it over thousands of machines, personal & corporate.

The number one thing that fails in a computer or cause of slowness is the hard drive. (IMO, strictly speaking about hardware)

PREVENT DATA LOSS!!! This program will tell you your hard drive is about to die, before it goes, before you lose all your data.

This will tell you how healthy your Hard drive is and will help you predict failure if/when your hard drive is failing. It works for traditional hard drives and SSDs. Has internal testing routines to really test your hard drive.

Detect and report the status of hard disks, SSDs, SSHDs with the award winning disk monitoring software!

The software can be used for unlimited time with all functions.
1-computer lifetime license, for noncommercial use with no technical support and with no updates: when updated to future version, switches back to unregistered version.

Not affiliated, just a happy customer.

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  • vbree on 28/01/2017 - 15:21
    +3

    Reading these comments has me paranoid I need a similar software but for Mac! Any suggestions?

    • EightImmortals on 28/01/2017 - 15:58
      +7

      Buy a PC.

      :)

    • alex-ok on 28/01/2017 - 18:50
      +3

      DriveDX or Disk Drill

  • marko62 on 28/01/2017 - 15:27
    +2

    I have 4 hard drives in my system 1 WD 2 Samsung and 1 Seagate. The WD and Samsungs are 100% health and the Seagate which has my OS on it is at 13% health and will die in 21 days. I have been having a few BSOD's of late. This might explain it

    • rendo on 28/01/2017 - 16:11
      +1

      Sure does mate
      Does it fail the 'short test'??
      Time to act :) as painful as it is! Your OS drive, damn.
      I have a bias to WD. They haven't let me down. Where as seatate has always given me issues. But I do keep an opened mind, I keep going back to seagate, only to regret it :(

      • noshopping on 28/01/2017 - 16:19
        +2

        Try HGST. Had a lot of luck with them.

        • rendo on 28/01/2017 - 16:23
          +2

          Agreed. Good disks.

          Although I had two HGST 2Tb disks die on the same day about 1 year ago.

          They were bought at the same time. Same batch. Died same day. After years of sporadic use.

          One was a backup of the other.

          Lucky I had another backup elsewhere :) close call.
          Hdsentinel spotted the impending failure.

          Otherwise HGST, +1.

      • marko62 on 28/01/2017 - 17:56
        +2

        It passes the short test. It is telling me it has 830 bad sectors. The WD would be the oldest drive in the system. The seagate only has the OS and programs on it so it will only be a nuisance more than a disaster. Might be time to buy a SSD. Any recommendations?

        • rendo on 28/01/2017 - 19:48
          +1

          Samsung evo 850 SSD……hands down.

          Omg, I nearly wet my pants when I finally made the switch to these drives.

          Night vs day difference between these beasts and spindle based disks.

          I could never go back. I can barely find words to describe the difference to performance these drives make.

          Not cheap, but worth every cent and more

          http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/co…

        • marko62 on 29/01/2017 - 07:16

          @rendo:
          Thanks now to wait for a bargain.

        • Matslurpee on 29/01/2017 - 12:40

          @marko62: Other good brands; Intel, Sandisk, Micron, Plextor.

  • noshopping on 28/01/2017 - 16:03
    +2

    Thanks OP. This is one of the best HD temp monitor apps I've seen.

    • rendo on 28/01/2017 - 16:16
      +2

      Cheers mate.
      Yes, I didn't really mention the temp monitoring.

      As you pointed out, it is brilliant. One of its best features. Especially the temperature alerting. I tell it to repeat the sound alert using the PC speaker :) sounds horrid, but gets your attention.

      Was very handy for me to monitor several hundred computers across the nation in a retail environment. Helped point out which ones has fan/heat/bad ventilation issues

      Also for home, if I'm doing a massive data copy, watch that temp rise like crazy. Get one of those mini-desk fans an put it on your computer (I typically use a laptop) and it nice & quickly drops the hdd temp :)

      • rendo on 28/01/2017 - 16:20
        +3

        You can probably tell that I really like this software hey :)
        Haha
        Been using it for years.
        I had to share it to my fellow OzBargainers when I saw it go free.

        It goes free 2-4 times a year typically. Sometimes even the pro version goes free.

      • noshopping on 28/01/2017 - 16:21
        +3

        I nearly paid $30 for an app that had only 1/3 the features of this one. OzBargain members deliver once again. (Y) thumbs up.

        • rendo on 28/01/2017 - 16:33
          +3

          Now that's made me smile!!!.

          It's been a popular deal this fine & sunny Saturday.

          Glad to give back you guys/girls!! OzB has brought me so many great deals

          Time for a beer!!! (Aldi - Fraser Briggs Lager, $32 a case!! Or $8.99/six pack. Tastes brilliant, German lager, made in New Zealand…..I recommend it)

          https://www.aldi.com.au/en/groceries/liquor/beer-cider/laund…

          Cheers!!

      • skimp on 29/01/2017 - 09:46
        +1

        Hey Op thanks for sharing. I learned a lot from the post. With your vast experience could tell us what else you would normally install to keep your PCs happy? Thanks.

        • rendo on 29/01/2017 - 13:16
          +5

          Glad to hear it. Love passing on valuable knowledge.

          I don't believe in many "tuning" programs. I feel that mostly they are all rubbish.

          Here are my "must have" programs. Nothing more, nothing less:

          1. hard disk sentinel - to monitor hard drive health, temp, etc
          2. CCleaner - free, brilliant for cleaning your computer of useless cr@p files. Keeps your computer clean
          3. Comodo Internet Security - free, anti-virus, firewall etc. small footprint, good protection
          4. Defraggler - great free defragmenting tool, only use for traditional hard drives, do NOT use on SSDs.

          That's all you need :)

        • IWoNdEr on 30/01/2017 - 16:08

          @rendo:
          Thanks OP.

          To other fellow OB - there's a lot of unwanted adware when I tried to install Comodo Internet Security.
          All "successfully" uninstalled but I think it's not cool to install without consent.
          Will stick with Avira for now.

  • quanticism on 28/01/2017 - 16:25
    +2

    Thanks OP. I've heard that HDD failure is extremely unpredictable but getting live alerts from changes in SMART data certainly wouldn't hurt.

    I've heard quite a lot of bad things about Seagate's ST3000DM001. I guess I should be happy it lasted this long. http://i.imgur.com/m1PxcG9.png

    • rendo on 28/01/2017 - 16:35
      +1

      Oooh that's nasty.
      Run the short test on it

      Get any crucial data off it that you don't want to lose.

    • lostn on 28/01/2017 - 19:20
      +1

      Time to get a new drive ASAP.

    • wangasm on 29/01/2017 - 03:47

      I have the exact same drive and I haven't had it nearly as long as you sigh http://i.imgur.com/3Dtjgbn.png
      The short test passed though and I haven't noticed any problems.

  • Kempe on 28/01/2017 - 16:32
    +1

    Why wont it download direct, why does it want me to install a third party to download it like ShareWareOnsale download hub?
    SOunds like we will get bobmarded with all sorts of crap
    Just in case I gave it a miss

    • abc on 28/01/2017 - 16:34
      +2

      The "shareware on sale" installer downloads the exe to C:\Users\<profile>\AppData\Local\Temp

      Otherwise there is an option to save it to your Downloads folder after you download via the Shareware on Sale installer.

    • lostn on 28/01/2017 - 19:20
      +1

      Eeew. If it requires its own downloader, I'm passing.

      • EightImmortals on 30/01/2017 - 09:18

        There was a direct download link posted above.

  • fuzzykat on 28/01/2017 - 17:07
    +1

    Hey, my Norton quarantined the download file and labeled it as "Insight Network Threat with High Risk Impact", and that "there are many indications that this file is untrustworthy". Is this normal? Or is anyone having the same issue as me?

    • junior_thrift on 28/01/2017 - 17:28
      +1

      I had the same

    • [Deactivated] on 28/01/2017 - 23:49
      +6

      It's Norton, you can open Notepad on a fresh install and you'll still get a "High Risk" warning.

  • Techhit on 28/01/2017 - 17:33
    +2

    I use acronis drive monitor which is free. Does the same thing by monitoring SMART information

    http://www.acronis.com/pl-pl/homecomputing/download/drive-mo…

    • DARK KHAOS on 29/01/2017 - 11:28

      Agreed. My all time favorite for customers computers.
      Can be configured to email you when there is issues detected.

  • scrimshaw on 28/01/2017 - 18:02
    +2

    has anyone tried using the HDSentinel.key registration file with the portable version of the application? Agret posted a pretty neat trick last time and it worked for me.

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/211693#comment-3059372

  • Deadalready on 28/01/2017 - 18:03
    +1

    Downloaded and now I'm testing all my Hard Drives. I like this program!

  • Sammyboy on 28/01/2017 - 18:09
    +2

    Good to see that my 3 WD black 1TBs are showing 100% health. They must be at least 7 years old by now. Cbb checking date. The Sandisk ssd on the other hand is at 77%

    • rendo on 28/01/2017 - 23:27
      +1

      WD black, nice drives!!!

  • pacman21 on 28/01/2017 - 19:11
    +1

    Related question.. Does anyone know a good IT store that can attempt to recover data from a corrupt hard drive which won't cost an arm and a leg in Sydney?

    • lostn on 28/01/2017 - 19:19
      +2

      At best it will cost a hand and a foot.

      How much depends on what killed the drive, and how difficult it is to extract the contents. It varies from drive to drive. No one can give you an exact quote without seeing it.

      Be prepared to pay at least hundreds if not $1000+.

      In future make backups or use cloud storage.

      • pacman21 on 28/01/2017 - 19:21
        +1

        Thanks for the info.

        It's an old drive with a lot of pictures on it, long before I understood computers.

    • rendo on 28/01/2017 - 19:45
      +1

      These guys at Payam are great. Won't rip you off, but it won't be cheap either.

      https://www.payam.com.au

      Not affiliated at all. I just know these guys are good.

      If the data is valuable, especially photos if your family, children etc, then its money well spent. (And a good lesson to have good backups)

  • lostn on 28/01/2017 - 19:17

    PREVENT DATA LOSS!!! This program will tell you your hard drive is about to die, before it goes, before you lose all your data.

    Will it automatically warn you, or do you have to manually run it periodically to check? If the latter, I'm going to forget.

    • rendo on 28/01/2017 - 19:41

      When you install it, it will automatically run in the background when windows starts.

      So it will warn you.

      But you can setup the alerting to really really warn you

      One time setup

  • konholyoh on 28/01/2017 - 20:38
    +1

    Thanks buddy!
    Will give this a crack and see how close to death my hard drives are.

  • hasselbladsnapper on 28/01/2017 - 22:25

    Just had this file deleted by Norton, any idea exactly IF this program is legit or is there actually a dodgey side to it or worse some sort of Trojan / ransomware?!.
    I only have limited Pc experience … Thanks for any help.

  • Skilly on 28/01/2017 - 22:28

    I'm not really sure if this is really a virus, but the EXE file is shown as a virus on my anti virus software.

    It deleted the file and categorised it as WS.Reputation.1 risk.

    • So Was Red on 28/01/2017 - 22:29

      Added a tray notification with software deals, I opted out and it hasn't come back but probs means is technically ad-ware? maybe? idk

    • noshopping on 29/01/2017 - 12:03

      WS.Reputation.1 usually happens to new releases when not many people in the community has used. Seeing that its a special build by the author for this shareware sale, that's most likely why its showing. It happens to us all the time if we build a Windows app and give it to people, they get virus "WS.Reputation" warnings… That's why companies now have to resort to buying certificates to sign their program (not cheap!), it authenticates who the owner of the app is. In saying that, don't download the installer (most likely made by the shareware site) as it may not be signed. The direct download as someone posted in page 1 is signed by the author and has no virus warning signs.

    • Zachary on 29/01/2017 - 16:05

      virustotal.com says it's all clean….

  • So Was Red on 28/01/2017 - 22:28
    +3

    7x 100% health drives some of which are pretty old and one drive with 36 days left on it apparently, important shits backed up but I grabbed the stuff that would be inconvenient to lose, thanks OP.
    Someone reading this 36 days in the future pls comment and remind me!

    • rendo on 28/01/2017 - 23:10

      Brilliant :)

  • ShaneWSmith on 28/01/2017 - 22:36
    +2

    Awesome - thanks. Heart in throat, I awaited my scan results - all 100%. PHEW.

  • grips on 28/01/2017 - 22:53
    +1

    Thanks for the reminder about the new Version, I was using the old one for some time now and it works very well.
    To install it over the old version I had to clear out its directory by hand to get over an error message.
    All is working now and it has already recognized my slightly batty drive (all already saved somewhere else the moment the first message told me that it is flaky).

  • giventofly on 29/01/2017 - 00:46

    Thanks.

    Looks like I'll continue to buy WD.

    I've only ever had issues with Seagate and my two 8 year old WDs are 100% healthy.

    • EightImmortals on 30/01/2017 - 09:23
      +1

      It's one of those universal mysteries, I only get dead WD drives and have had a great run with seagate over the last 25 years or so. :)

  • neonlight on 29/01/2017 - 07:34

    It can only be installed once correct? It doesn't work on USB drives?

  • Send me ur-deals on 29/01/2017 - 07:42

    Nooooooo I can't get to my computer within the time period!

  • Slave1 on 29/01/2017 - 08:13

    Assuming there is no Mac version of this?

    • rendo on 29/01/2017 - 09:44

      Correct, unfortunately.

      • teasatotalling on 29/01/2017 - 10:46

        I assume it works for the Windows partition of a dual boot?
        I wonder if it only scans the Windows partition or the entire SSD?

    • teasatotalling on 30/01/2017 - 09:47

      If you have Windows Bootcamp, you can install it.

  • Bohlen on 29/01/2017 - 10:18
    +2

    Health, 100%
    Performance, 100%
    Temp, 38c
    Power on time, 2025 days, 3hrs
    estimated remaining lifetime, more that 100 days

    original_gangster

  • teasatotalling on 29/01/2017 - 10:48

    I am tossing up whether to install this on a Windows Server machine

    • rendo on 29/01/2017 - 13:19

      What sort of hard drives?

      Do it :)

      • teasatotalling on 30/01/2017 - 09:49
        +1

        Did it. Both server hard drive & backup USB drive, that are 2 years old, are 100%.

  • Maz78 on 29/01/2017 - 10:53

    A lot of posters seem to be getting "imminent" hard drive failures.. Sounds dodgy… (The software that is).
    Is the installer safe or is it one of those dodgy shareware installers that throw in a ton of apps and other BS??

    • opcon on 29/01/2017 - 11:00
      +2

      The software seems to give legitimate results for me, all my drives were 100% except for an old 1TB Seagate which apparently only has 4 days to live.
      This sounds about right since it's been failing for the past 6 months or so, and while moving data off (only games) a lot of files have been unreadable.

      • Ughhh on 29/01/2017 - 15:29
        +1

        Please update in 4-5 days as to whether it has died or not. Interesting to see how accurate it is.

    • rendo on 29/01/2017 - 13:21

      Good question, but I can confidently say it is legit software. Not in that rubbish shareware category that you mention. I've been there, done that too many times…..ashampoo anyone??
      Lol

      But seriously, it's good & legit.

      Download the installer directly. Don't use the software downloader

      • Maz78 on 29/01/2017 - 15:33

        Cheers folks.

      • Zachary on 29/01/2017 - 16:08

        Yeah virustotal.com says it's all clean for the direct download version, rather from their downloader…

  • DARK KHAOS on 29/01/2017 - 11:34

    I believe the virus alerts are false positives.
    Reason being sharewareonsale has compiled there own exe with registration key using a program called open inno.

    http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

    Some antivirus programs are sceptical about unusual or uncommon executable files. (rightly so)
    I have extracted the files and scanned them with numerous virus programs and they came up clean.

  • Cusack on 29/01/2017 - 11:34

    After downloading the installation file my Norton removed it saying "Threat type: Insight Network Threat. There are many indications that the file is untrustworthy and therefore not safe"

    Is it safe? are your scanners reporting the same thing?

  • ployer on 29/01/2017 - 13:22
    +1

    Thanks. Just found out my HDD is still at 100% after 6 years.

    • rendo on 29/01/2017 - 13:25

      Interested to know What brand/type they are :)

      Do tell

      • ployer on 29/01/2017 - 13:35
        +1

        It's a Western Digital 1TB (WDC WD10EALX-089BA0).
        I don't think there's anything special about it.

        • rendo on 29/01/2017 - 13:37
          +1

          Yes there is….. it's called western digital :) hehe
          Sorry, I'm a WD fan….can't help but to be biased.

        • ployer on 29/01/2017 - 14:00
          +1

          Lol, fair enough. I've never really experienced a HDD failure yet so I don't really have much preference between the different brands.

        • rendo on 29/01/2017 - 14:21
          +2

          @ployer:

          not pretty at all mate, I've seen hundreds during my time.

          What really kills me is when it is family photos, pictures of their children, priceless memories all just gone. No warning, nothing, just gone. I do my best to help, but often its too late.

          Hence why I love this software AND a good backup routine. However backups are very boring, not sexy and rarely ever done.

          Anyway…..I wont get on my soap box.

          Even I (Mr.OCD backup man) lost data once to a hard drive crash and I didn't have a backup of the data on it, because I thought it wasn't important, which it wasn't. EXCEPT the video of me doing a 'shark dive', which I forgot about. Such a good memory.

          I lost it all, but I didn't give up. After years of searching, I finally found a logic board from exactly the same model, same batch, same everything from some guy in china. I bought it, took 4 weeks to arrive. Swapped the logic boards and whammo it worked!! I copied that video off and threw the lot in the bin!.

          It happens. Even to the most experienced.

        • ployer on 31/01/2017 - 22:20

          @rendo:
          Man, that would really suck for those people who lost photos. Actually, that reminds me of when everyone had to buy a laptop to use in high school and basically around 5 people, including a teacher had hard drive failures and from that point on, a lot of teachers emphasised to make backups. I think even then, few people actually did it. :/

  • [Deactivated] on 29/01/2017 - 14:47
    +1

    In 20 years I have only ever lost data to hard drive failure once, on a brand new dell alienware with an ssd. I am running a pc at the moment that is a frankenstien of old parts and the hdds are at least 5-10 yrs old (XP on thier factory resets, so that old) and have been shipped about in shoeboxes, used heavily and still have PC Gamer demos on them from years ago. USBs, CDs and Floppies all fail on me all the time, but I am wondering if these results above might be a little alarmist??

    Edit: I just realised I have never thrown an internal hdd away (except for the returned alien ssd, but i didnt chuck it) , only recycled them into other pcs. Am I super lucky or is it because i have always defraged regularly?

    • rendo on 29/01/2017 - 15:29
      +1

      Fair point. My view is this.

      How much is your data worth? If not critical then who cares! Run the gauntlet, without doubt! I would/do.

      Or if it isn't affecting performance then also, all good.

      However, if your data is valuable and no backup and/or you feel it's affecting performance then I say, bin/replace the HDD.

      I've seen so many die and also slow a system down. But if it isn't an important workload (data or performance) then …. all good. I've probably worked with tens of thousands of computers, across my career. Meh, it's probably in the hundreds of thousands. Actually, yeah it is 100k+.

      Your action is really a personal choice, but at least the software highlights issues that you would otherwise be unaware of. The people responsible for S.M.A.R.T data need a medal!! How all the manufacturers agreed to adopt it is amazing. Legends.

      • [Deactivated] on 29/01/2017 - 22:08

        I am more worried about "free" software than anything I pay for really. If it is free, then you are product and all - this rule is golden for software.

  • Hahuh on 29/01/2017 - 15:14

    So its a S.M.A.R.T reader?

    Downloaded and installed: Yep thats exactly what it is

  • GrunkStrap on 29/01/2017 - 17:34
    +1

    good stuff tyvm

  • rendo on 29/01/2017 - 18:35

    384 votes!!! Wow. I wasn't expecting that :)

    Let's get this thing to 400 :) hehe.

    Glad that many of you have liked this post.

    • rendo on 29/01/2017 - 22:44

      Woohoo :)

      We reached 400!!

      Come on Federer, you gotta win this game!!!!! Go go go!!!

      • BigLeviathan on 30/01/2017 - 21:14
        +1

        Perhaps when we reached 1000, they'll provide lifetime pro to ozb members?

  • O15 on 29/01/2017 - 20:17
    +1

    Picks up the eight drives on my cheapo HighPoint RocketRAID 2720 card.
    Good stuff.

  • teasatotalling on 30/01/2017 - 00:13

    This was able to also read my Western Digital Elements backup drive connected via USB.
    Does this sound correct?

    • rendo on 30/01/2017 - 06:45

      Yep

    • rendo on 30/01/2017 - 06:45
      +1

      That's perfect!! All hard drives 100%.

      Have faith, HDSentinel tells the truth. :)

      Happy days for you.

      • winterseed on 30/01/2017 - 16:29

        Well alright then! Thanks for sharing the deal. This seems like a good peace-of-mind utility for sure. I might see what it has to say about another old external drive I have on the shelf that I don't trust.

    • theguyrules on 31/01/2017 - 16:45

      Yeah my WD Blue has over 900 days of uptime and is also 100%/100%
      Bloody good drive.

  • echoztrip on 30/01/2017 - 16:18

    My direct download link was a bit different? https://downloads.sharewareonsale.com/files/hub/sharewareons…

  • dddp on 30/01/2017 - 18:08

    Away from home so can't save the download :(

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