Is it possible to monitor disk status WITHOUT administrator rights?
Yes, it is possible since v2.02b. Hard Disk Sentinel can run as a service – examining the hard disk status and make alerts even if there is no user logged to the computer or if the user does not have administrator rights. The administrator rights only required to configure and install the service. I can’t see the hard disk status on my drive icons. What can I do? Please enable “Modify default hard disk icons” on the Configuration, Disk Control panel. If you use Windows XP, you may need to upgrade to SP2 to view the disk status on icons. I encountered problem with Hard Disk Sentinel. What can I do? Please try to use the latest available version. If you encounter problem with it, please download an older version and verify if you experience the same problem. You can try starting Hard Disk Sentinel by using HDSentinel.exe /REPORT This will create a HDSentinel_XXXX_report.txt file (where xxxx is the version number you started). Please send us this file and the description of the problem. N
Yes, it is possible since v2.02b. Hard Disk Sentinel can run as a service – examining the hard disk status and make alerts even if there is no user logged to the computer or if the user does not have administrator rights. The administrator rights only required to configure and install the service. By using this feature and the network architecture, it will be possible to remotely monitor and manage hard disk status in a shop, library, office or even larger company. The complete architecture will be released in 2007 summer. What does the Health value mean? After upgrading from a previous version, the health value changed, why? It reflects the health status of the hard disk. Problems decrease this value differently. Until version 1.40, Hard Disk Sentinel used the same condition method in all cases. In versions after 1.40, it is possible to select from three methods so it is possible to select how “strict” the calculation should be (how a problem affect the overall health value). When upg
