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S.M.A.R.T. technology

How we can check hard drive status using S.M.A.R.T.?

S.M.A.R.T. stands for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. S.M.A.R.T. technology was developed by a number of major hard disk drive manufacturers to increase the reliability of hard drives. It is a technology that enables the PC to predict the future failure of hard disk drives. S.M.A.R.T. technology has become an industry standard for hard drive manufacturers.

Through the SMART system, hard disk drives incorporate a suite of advanced diagnostics that monitor the internal operations of a drive and provide an early warning for many types of potential problems. When a potential problem is detected, the hard drive can be repaired or replaced before any data is lost or damaged.
One of the leading tools to monitor the S.M.A.R.T. status is ActiveSMART, by Ariolic Software, Ltd.

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The S.M.A.R.T. system monitors the drive for anything that might seem out of the ordinary, documents it, and analyzes the data. If it sees something that indicates a problem, it is capable of notifying the user (or system administrator). S.M.A.R.T. monitors disk performance, faulty sectors, recalibration, CRC errors, drive spin-up time, drive heads, distance between the heads and the disk platters, drive temperature, and characteristics of the media, motor and servomechanisms. The errors the system can detect can be predicted by a number of methods. Currently the SMART system can detect about 70% of all hard drive errors.

Here's an example: motor and/or bearing failure can be predicted by an increase in the drive spin-up time and the number of retries it takes to get the drive spinning at full speed. Or, if the drive notes that error correction is being needed excessively, it can attribute this to a broken drive head or surface contamination, and it will create an alert before the problem gets worse. Armed with a prediction of failure, the user or system administrator can make a backup copy of key data, replace a suspect device prior to data loss, and avoid undesired downtime.

Active SMART is industry-leading software for computers that use S.M.A.R.T. technology. It utilizes S.M.A.R.T. to monitor your hard drive health status and disk temperature, predict possible drive fail and prevent data loss. Download the free trial version of Active SMART and check out your hard drive now. Using your personal notification settings, Active SMART lets you know about a potential disk health problem before you lose valuable data.

Active SMART works on all Windows versions.
Active SMART is S.M.A.R.T. system compliant software.

See also:
 What is disk analyzer software?
 Hard disk low level format utilities

S.M.A.R.T. utility

ActiveSMART is the leading S.M.A.R.T. technology utility for hard drives. Use it to see the SMART status of the drive, check health and performance and instantly monitor your disk for possible disk failures.
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