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expired Posted by sr71 • Jan 15, 2021
expired Posted by sr71 • Jan 15, 2021

Hard Disk Sentinel Standard Edition v.5.5 free license @BitsduJour

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User2828036
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Hard Disk Sentinel monitors and analyzes your hard disk and solid state drives, giving you valuable feedback on the health of the drive, any performance degradations, and warning of impending failure. With Hard Disk Sentinel, you'll be able to find, test, diagnose, and even repair disk drive issues before they escalate to catastrophic status.
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Jan 15, 2021
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deelseaker
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Jan 15, 2021
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Awesome software. I've used it for many years. Right now, I have v.5.3 from 2 years ago installed on my PC. Thinking of updating to this one.

Windows Defender says the downloaded EXE is clean. Did anyone's antivirus pick up any concerns? Thank you.
Jan 15, 2021
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Conformer101
Jan 15, 2021
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Too bad it has to be installed within 2 weeks. I occasionally re-install my Operating System, so kind of a deal killer for me - good deal otherwise.
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ModMike
Jan 15, 2021
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It's great software been using for several years now.
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wherestheanykey
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Quote from Conformer101 :
Too bad it has to be installed within 2 weeks. I occasionally re-install my Operating System, so kind of a deal killer for me - good deal otherwise.
If I'm reading it correctly, you just have to install it within the next two weeks for the license to activate.

It doesn't say anything about it deactivating if you uninstall it.

But even if that's the case, you could always sandbox the installation and restore from that later on... assuming it doesn't have outdated anti-piracy measures like being locked to your hardware configuration.

If it does, I don't think it's worth installing to begin with. There are plenty of other free/open source tools that can monitor S.M.A.R.T. diagnostics on a drive and alert you to early failures.
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jnemezis
Jan 15, 2021
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I'd suggest instead use

1) CrystalDiskInfo -- for disk information e.g. S.M.A.R.T, SSD wear info.
2) CrystalDiskMark -- for disk performance testing.

They're free.
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Jazzyj757
Jan 15, 2021
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Quote from jnemezis :
I'd suggest instead use

1) CrystalDiskInfo -- for disk information e.g. S.M.A.R.T, SSD wear info.
2) CrystalDiskMark -- for disk performance testing.

They're free.
I might have to install this. I just ordered a new computer.

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TidalWaveOne
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I really like this software. I paid for a PRO family license years ago and still use it.
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dvorak51
Jan 15, 2021
86 Posts
Cool. The lifetime pro license is also $15 for 1 PC and $26.50 for 5 PCs.
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DaveyMikes
Jan 15, 2021
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Quote from Conformer101 :
Too bad it has to be installed within 2 weeks. I occasionally re-install my Operating System, so kind of a deal killer for me - good deal otherwise.
Why not use your base install and out the monitor on that then virtualize your primary PC. Time saver, secure, and you can monitor your host hardware
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npolite
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Quote from Conformer101 :
Too bad it has to be installed within 2 weeks. I occasionally re-install my Operating System, so kind of a deal killer for me - good deal otherwise.

All you need to do is roll back your system date to today and the installer will work again. This was the case with the previous version and looks like it is the same with this.
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Conformer101
Jan 15, 2021
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Quote from DavidL2551 :
Why not use your base install and out the monitor on that then virtualize your primary PC. Time saver, secure, and you can monitor your host hardware
I would normally, if I was really interested in keeping such software, take my base image (Macrium) and install the software, re-image the drive, and store it away. That way I have a way back to the software if necessary. But, that's too much of a hassle for this particular product.

I'm not quite sure what you're suggesting. Can you elaborate?
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Conformer101
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Quote from npolite :
All you need to do is roll back your system date to today and the installer will work again. This was the case with the previous version and looks like it is the same with this.
LOL, well that's a pretty pathetic algorithm, so maybe I will pick up a copy. laugh out loud
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DaveyMikes
Jan 15, 2021
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Quote from Conformer101 :
I would normally, if I was really interested in keeping such software, take my base image (Macrium) and install the software, re-image the drive, and store it away. That way I have a way back to the software if necessary. But, that's too much of a hassle for this particular product.

I'm not quite sure what you're suggesting. Can you elaborate?
Sorry I had a typo. Install an OS and only use it as a virtual host. Then virtualize the primary computer youd like to use daily. The underlying (host) OS can be used to monitor performance and hardware metrics. The VM can be replayed fresh from a template in a matter of seconds. So if you do choose to swap OS or redeploy it'll be a simple and fast process

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Logan_71
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Quote from jnemezis :
I'd suggest instead use

1) CrystalDiskInfo -- for disk information e.g. S.M.A.R.T, SSD wear info.
2) CrystalDiskMark -- for disk performance testing.

They're free.
I'd agree with this. HD Sentinel is the only program that showed ominous failure information on a perfectly good disk .That's part of the reason I uninstalled it.

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