SMART Utility

SMART Utility Publisher's Description:
SMART Utility is an application to scan the internal hardware diagnostics system of hard drives. SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a system built into hard drives by their manufacturers to report on various measurements (called attributes) of a hard drive's operation. The attributes can be used to detect when a hard drive is having mechanical or electrical problems, and can indicate when the hard drive is dying. This allows time to hopefully backup, and then replace the drive. Run this utility once a week or more to ensure your HD, and your data, are okay! NOTE: The demo runs for 30 days or 15 launches, whichever is laterSMART Utility is an application to scan the internal hardware diagnostics system of hard drives. SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a system built into hard drives by their manufacturers to report on various measurements (called attributes) of a hard drive's operation. The attributes can be used to detect when a hard drive is having mechanical or electrical problems, and can indicate when the hard drive is dying. This allows time to hopefully backup, and then replace the drive. Run this utility once a week or more to ensure your HD, and your data, are okay! NOTE: This is still a limited release. The full version will be out June 1, 2007.

What's new in this version:

* Added support for localization (French currently- thanks to Ronald Leroux, others wanted)
* Added support for model family in Drive Information window
* Added "Enter smartctl options" to send extra options to the smartctl engine for debugging
* Added message for empty log when sending log, with option to enable debug messages, rescan, and send log
* Added text box to enter message when sending log
* Added error message if there was a problem sending the log
* Added support for Unsanity's Smart Crash Reports (completely optional)
* Attribute names are now more human readable
* Fixed some more memory leaks
* Fixed some spelling mistakes
* Fixed a small bug in outputting MIN/MAX temperature to log
* Fixed a few interface inconsistencies and errors
* Updated smartctl engine to 5.38 final providing more fixes and recognizes drives