Volitans Software

SMART Utility 2.1 is out!

The biggest new feature is that while the application is open, it can scan drives in the background. So users can leave it running and it will alert if a drive is failing. This is really useful with Growl installed.

Get it here:

Full release notes:

– Added preference to update drives in the background
– Added preference to only flag failing test if it is new
– Added better error handling for problems reading SMART data
– Added estimated time remaining for a test
– Fixed a bug with display of reallocated bad sectors on main window
– Now updates progress bar of SMART data update sheet