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Downloads:
4,137
Downloads of v 5.61:
1,019
Last Update:
09 Jun 2020
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- H.D.S. Hungary.
Tags:
hdd-monitor disk-analyzer disk-temperature monitor analyzer analyze prevent- Software Specific:
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Hard Disk Sentinel
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Downloads:
4,137
Downloads of v 5.61:
1,019
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- H.D.S. Hungary.
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To install Hard Disk Sentinel, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade Hard Disk Sentinel, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall Hard Disk Sentinel, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
-
Open Source
- Download the Package Download
- Follow manual internalization instructions
-
Package Internalizer (C4B)
- Run
choco download hdsentinel --internalize --source=https://chocolatey.org/api/v2
(additional options) - Run
choco push --source="'http://internal/odata/repo'"
for package and dependencies - Automate package internalization
- Run
3. Enter your internal repository url
(this should look similar to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2)
4. Choose your deployment method:
choco upgrade hdsentinel -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade hdsentinel -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Ensure hdsentinel installed
win_chocolatey:
name: hdsentinel
state: present
version: 5.61
source: STEP 3 URL
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
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chocolatey_package 'hdsentinel' do
action :install
version '5.61'
source 'STEP 3 URL'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
Name: hdsentinel,
Version: 5.61,
Source: STEP 3 URL
);
Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.
cChocoPackageInstaller hdsentinel
{
Name = 'hdsentinel'
Ensure = 'Present'
Version = '5.61'
Source = 'STEP 3 URL'
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'hdsentinel':
provider => 'chocolatey',
ensure => '5.61',
source => 'STEP 3 URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
salt '*' chocolatey.install hdsentinel version="5.61" source="STEP 3 URL"
See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.
5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
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This package was approved as a trusted package on 09 Jun 2020.
Hard Disk Sentinel (HDSentinel) is a multi-OS SSD and HDD monitoring and analysis software. Its goal is to find, test, diagnose and repair hard disk drive problems, report and display SSD and HDD health, performance degradations and failures. Hard Disk Sentinel gives complete textual description, tips and displays/reports the most comprehensive information about the hard disks and solid state disks inside the computer and in external enclosures (USB hard disks / e-SATA hard disks). Many different alerts and report options are available to ensure maximum safety of your valuable data.
This is a commercial product, with a 30 day trial. This package is for a Standard version. For details about different versions and pricing go to http://www.hdsentinel.com/hard_disk_sentinel.php
Please Note: This is an automatically updated package. If you find it is out of date by more than a day or two, please contact the maintainer(s) and let them know the package is no longer updating correctly.
. (Join-Path (Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition) 'helpers\KillAsap.ps1')
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; # stop on all errors
$packageName = "hdsentinel"
$packageTitle = "HDSentinel"
$installerType = "EXE"
$packageVersion = "5.61"
$url = "http://www.harddisksentinel.com/hdsentinel_setup.zip"
$silentArgs = "/sp- /verysilent /norestart"
$checksum = "fdc87d2ea1c6e3d91db7d9dd22e76f51decf007a5c4f17ead93c6c4b772d825b"
$checksumType = "sha256"
$validExitCodes = @(0)
#extract filename from source URL
$filename = $url.Substring($url.LastIndexOf("/") + 1)
#establish temp folder path
$tmpDir = $env:temp,$packageName -join "\"
#establish full path to local copy of downloaded zip file
$pathToZip = ($tmpDir,$filename -join "\")
# download zip package
Get-ChocolateyWebFile `
-PackageName $packageName `
-FileFullPath $pathToZip `
-Url $url `
-Checksum $checksum `
-ChecksumType $checksumType
# extract it
Get-ChocolateyUnzip `
-FileFullPath $pathToZip `
-Destination $tmpDir
# establish path to extracted installer (exe)
$pathToExe = Join-Path $tmpDir (get-childitem $tmpDir | where {$_.extension -eq ".exe"}).Name
# install package
Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage `
-PackageName $packageName `
-FileType $installerType `
-SilentArgs $silentArgs `
-ValidExitCodes $validExitCodes `
-File $pathToExe
# the app spins up a window straight after installation ends. Kill it.
KillAsap $packageTitle
# ====================================================
# KillAsap
# ====================================================
# Iniates Kill Listener
#
# @param {string} Process Name
# @return {void}
# ====================================================
Function KillAsap([string]$appName){
$timerStart = (Get-Date)
$timeout = 15 #seconds
KillAttempt $appName $timeout
}
# ====================================================
# KillAttempt
# ====================================================
# Check for given process and try to kill it.
# If it doesn't exists, retry after specific delay.
# If retries exceed max allowed duration, give up.
#
# @param {string} Process Name
# @param {int} Timeout [s]
# @return {void}
# ====================================================
Function KillAttempt([string]$appName, [int]$timeout){
$countdown = $timeout - ((Get-Date) - $timerStart).Seconds
# Exit after $timeout seconds if unseccessful
if($countdown -le 0){
Write-Host "`nNo '$appName' windows found. Proceeding."
return;
}
# Kill the process if present, otherwise retry
if($appName -ne $null){
$process = (Get-Process $($appName) 2> $null)
if(!$process){
Write-Host -NoNewLine "`rWaiting for '$appName' to spawn its windows: $countdown "
Start-Sleep -m 250
KillAttempt $appName $timeout
}else{
$process | Stop-Process -force
Write-Host "'$appName' windows found and closed. Proceeding."
}
}
}
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- hdsentinel.5.61.nupkg (3c9d34fdc0b1) - ## / 62
- hdsentinel_setup.zip (fdc87d2ea1c6) - ## / 63
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Hard Disk Sentinel 5.61 | 1019 | Tuesday, June 9, 2020 | Approved |
Hard Disk Sentinel 5.60 | 556 | Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Approved |
Hard Disk Sentinel 5.50 | 421 | Saturday, August 10, 2019 | Approved |
Hard Disk Sentinel 5.40 | 337 | Monday, March 25, 2019 | Approved |
Hard Disk Sentinel 5.30 | 591 | Monday, July 23, 2018 | Approved |
Hard Disk Sentinel 5.20 | 258 | Wednesday, May 16, 2018 | Approved |
Hard Disk Sentinel 4.60 | 834 | Monday, August 3, 2015 | Approved |
Copyright © 2015 H.D.S. Hungary. All Rights Reserved.
This package has no dependencies.
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