Note: checking space on remote and removable drives may be slow (especially if a network drive is not accessible or if the card reader has no card inserted). This way the icon represent only used/free space information but not health. Note: on remote and most removable drives it is not possible to detect S.M.A.R.T. Monitor space on removable disks: it is possible to examine the free space information on removable disks (for example, pendrives, external hard disks, card readers) also and automatically update this information in the logical drive panel of the main window.Ĭhange default system icon for removable disks: after the detection, the icon of the removable drives will reflect the amount of used space on them. Monitor space on network disks: it is possible to examine the free space information on remote disks also and automatically update this information in the logical drive panel of the main window.Ĭhange default system icon for network disks: after the detection, the icon of the network (remote) drives will reflect the amount of used space. These icons are displayed in all applications, including the Windows Explorer. If enabled, the extended icons are used: the amount of used space and the health icons are displayed on the icons. If the option is disabled, the original Windows drive icons are used.

Modify default hard disk icons: by this option, it is possible to globally enable/disable the use of the extended hard disk icons. Moreover, a sign according the current disk health is displayed on the drive icons. By this information, it is possible to display the amount of used space on the drive icons. Hard Disk Sentinel continuously examine the used and free space of the logical drives (partitions).

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