I have been unable to detect any downloaded Zip file even after running the hub file three times. Help!
It worked for me at 9 am EST,
– so try again as the day wears on,
– try another computer,
– try another Internet connection,
– let Windows File Explorer search your hard drive for [date:today] files,
– I always find a copy of any SOS download in my [ %WinDir%\Temp ] directory,
– so let Windows File Explorer search for [*] or [zip] files there.
To get the direct download link out of the SOS hub program,
– we can unplug our Internet/stop our WiFi,
– then click [ Download and install? ] > [ YES ] from the SOS hub program,
– and it should error out and offer a direct link instead ( because it can’t get the program ),
– we can then save the direct link,
– turn the Internet back on,
– and then use the direct link to get the download manually,
– let us know if you get results.
Also let the vendor/programmer János Máthé know at [ https :// www. hdsentinel. com/contact. php ] or [ info@ hdsentinel. com ] and ask for help.
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I like the Hard Disk Sentinel program, at least because it shows the drive temperature in the system tray, so I can confirm the effectiveness of my supplemental cooling fans ( I keep drives at room temperature ).
Other features I like are [ Disk ] > [Advanced Power Management ], where I can set the drive for quiet or high performance … which do you think I choose, especially with supplemental cooling fans running all the time? ;-)
I also like to watch all the drive information, performance statistics, and S.M.A.R.T. data.
Repairs wise, and Hard Disk Sentinel promises to perform a surface test on a drive that may call the drive to self-repair ( re-allocate ) bad sectors, described as “Complete surface analysis, refresh, reinitialise, repair”, “The [ Disk ] > [ Extended self-test ] also verifies the complete hard disk surface, finds and repairs all weak areas and re-allocates the possible bad sectors”, perhaps eliminating pesky read/write delays when a drive is returned to live use, I’ve not tried that yet, I’ll have to try it on a “questionable” misbehaving drive that I specifically attach as SATA Drive 1 ( the live Windows Operating System boot drive is SATA Drive 0 … I guess I can move that to another computer to test/repair that boot drive … a little complicated, but if it works, it’s cheaper than HDDRegenerator or SpinRite, which are great programs in themselves, just more expensive, and they are service tools only ).
I can’t tell which version we get here, Standard or Pro, but I presume it’s Pro because the Disk test is not grayed out in the menu, see [ https :// www. hdsentinel. com/store. php ] for feature comparisons.
What do others find when using Hard Disk Sentinel?
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