How can I read my hard drive’s SMART status in Windows 7?
How can I read the S.M.A.R.T. state of my HDDs while using Windows 7, either automatically or manually?
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edited Oct 31 '17 at 19:51
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How can I read the S.M.A.R.T. state of my HDDs while using Windows 7, either automatically or manually?
windows-7 windows hard-drive smart
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possible duplicate of When to stop using a HDD? What rules/software apply?
– Tom Wijsman
Oct 10 '10 at 19:51
crystaldisk, gsmartcontrol
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Sep 14 '16 at 0:02
3
cmd -> wmic diskdrive get status
– Wiffzack
Feb 8 '17 at 15:52
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How can I read the S.M.A.R.T. state of my HDDs while using Windows 7, either automatically or manually?
windows-7 windows hard-drive smart
edited Oct 31 '17 at 19:51
Scott
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asked Aug 25 '09 at 7:43
Adrian GrigoreAdrian Grigore
98541218
How can I read the S.M.A.R.T. state of my HDDs while using Windows 7, either automatically or manually?
windows-7 windows hard-drive smart
windows-7 windows hard-drive smart
edited Oct 31 '17 at 19:51
Scott
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asked Aug 25 '09 at 7:43
Adrian GrigoreAdrian Grigore
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edited Oct 31 '17 at 19:51
Scott
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asked Aug 25 '09 at 7:43
Adrian GrigoreAdrian Grigore
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edited Oct 31 '17 at 19:51
Scott
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edited Oct 31 '17 at 19:51
Scott
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edited Oct 31 '17 at 19:51
Scott
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asked Aug 25 '09 at 7:43
Adrian GrigoreAdrian Grigore
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asked Aug 25 '09 at 7:43
Adrian GrigoreAdrian Grigore
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asked Aug 25 '09 at 7:43
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possible duplicate of When to stop using a HDD? What rules/software apply?
– Tom Wijsman
Oct 10 '10 at 19:51
crystaldisk, gsmartcontrol
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Sep 14 '16 at 0:02
3
cmd -> wmic diskdrive get status
– Wiffzack
Feb 8 '17 at 15:52
add a comment |
possible duplicate of When to stop using a HDD? What rules/software apply?
– Tom Wijsman
Oct 10 '10 at 19:51
crystaldisk, gsmartcontrol
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Sep 14 '16 at 0:02
3
cmd -> wmic diskdrive get status
– Wiffzack
Feb 8 '17 at 15:52
possible duplicate of When to stop using a HDD? What rules/software apply?
– Tom Wijsman
Oct 10 '10 at 19:51
possible duplicate of When to stop using a HDD? What rules/software apply?
– Tom Wijsman
Oct 10 '10 at 19:51
crystaldisk, gsmartcontrol
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Sep 14 '16 at 0:02
crystaldisk, gsmartcontrol
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Sep 14 '16 at 0:02
3
3
cmd -> wmic diskdrive get status
– Wiffzack
Feb 8 '17 at 15:52
cmd -> wmic diskdrive get status
– Wiffzack
Feb 8 '17 at 15:52
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HDTune works on Windows 7 too.
A blog-post reference.
edited Oct 18 '16 at 10:58
user1251007
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answered Aug 25 '09 at 7:46
niknik
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Note: The 2.5 version only read a 2TB disk as ~250GB, but the 5.7 Pro Trial version I tried does read the full capacity correctly.
– Pysis
Nov 2 '17 at 2:18
add a comment |
HDTune is a good commercial software. Speedfan works too, which is free. The trick is you will need to start as Administrator under Windows 7 to see the hard disks. It also works in x64.
edited Jan 28 '13 at 20:52
Phil
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answered Jun 30 '10 at 6:27
KalElKalEl
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3
With a tool that integrates with hddstatus.com's analysis, as pictured, if there are any problems, you'll see warnings below the table with specific info and advice about them.
– rakslice
Jun 30 '12 at 6:05
speedfan is awesome no doubt. Thanks for the blast-from-the-past. However I found its not detecting most externally attached drives. It will detect some and for most general purposes it should be good enough
– Abhishek Dujari
May 4 '16 at 10:45
@Vangel and have you found nothing else that would? if you have found something better that detects more then you should say so and what program it is.
– barlop
Apr 5 '17 at 12:25
@barlop I wish I had. I just gave up. It seemed to me that the only way to get any information was to get for e.g. the manufacturers bloated software for different drive which provides little information of value and fails on other manufacturers automagically. It seems to me, despite efforts from industry to get the drive manufacturers to clean up their act, this mafia group isn't going to get with the program. It's light bulbs all over again.
– Abhishek Dujari
Apr 6 '17 at 16:07
@Vangel i'd be interested if you can name the model of drive whose SMART data you cannot access(you shouldn't paint it like a speedfan problem as you did two comments ago).. it sounds like an interesting question you could ask, too. This may be useful dslreports.com/forum/…
– barlop
Apr 6 '17 at 16:17
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GSmartControl
GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk drives. It allows you to inspect the drive's SMART data to determine its health, as well as run various tests on it.
Free open source cross platform GUI for smartmontools.
edited Oct 26 '14 at 18:38
Amirreza Nasiri
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answered Jun 18 '13 at 15:01
ryanmonkryanmonk
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Not only is this free and open source, it's better than many of the others mentioned in this question I've found, it worked when others didn't, and it knew about more SMART fields than others.
– mavhc
Sep 24 '13 at 11:16
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@mavhc it's more efficient because it relies on smartmontools which defines its own thresholds instead of the one provided by manufacturers :)
– gaborous
Feb 14 '15 at 19:20
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Go to a command prompt and type:
wmic
then at the wmic:rootcli> prompt:
diskdrive get status
Or if you want other information, you can try options other than "status". The other options are found here.
edited Jul 23 '17 at 3:18
boot13
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answered Aug 18 '15 at 23:31
CoreyHCoreyH
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wmic diskdrive get statusin command prompt works too.
– Draco Ater
Nov 27 '15 at 9:47
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All that command does is print "Status" and "OK". It does not even provide the drive name; and it does not provide the S.M.A.R.T. drive status.
– jww
Feb 22 '16 at 6:40
3
@jww you can specify additional fields in get query,wmic diskdrive get model, name, status, or no fields to get all of themwmic diskdrive
– Oleh Nechytailo
Mar 21 '16 at 14:33
1
this command did NOT detect the disk fault. other utilities did: crystaldisk, gsmartmon
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Sep 14 '16 at 0:01
All this seems to indicate is if the disk has failed. In crystaldiskinfo I got "caution" and in harddisksentinal I got 4% health. Also the command in windows 10 has no spaces around the commas. So it is:wmic diskdrive get model,name,status.
– runamok
Aug 4 '17 at 17:26
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S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools:
smartmontools contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI disks. It is derived from smartsuite.
- command-line tools
- works on Windows Server 2008, Windows 8.1
- support quite a few USB devices: Supported USB-Devices
answered Oct 10 '10 at 19:48
alexandrulalexandrul
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Thanks, that's the Unix tool I normally use. - I simply did not expect to find windows support!
– not-a-user
Nov 19 '15 at 10:17
Mind that it requires administrator privileges so you'll have to run it withsudoon Linux, orrunas /user:Administratoron Windows.
– Matthieu
Mar 10 '17 at 10:32
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HD Sentinel! Best ever, bar none!
edited Oct 28 '12 at 16:56
Peter Mortensen
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answered Jul 8 '10 at 17:53
Bjørn MathisenBjørn Mathisen
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Agree, with SmartMonTools/GSmartControl they are probably the two best SMART monitors because they don't rely on manufacturer's (biased) thresholds but rather define their own as explained here and here. "Yet another issue is that quite often the drives have bugs which prevent correct SMART usage. This is usually due to buggy firmware, or the manufacturer ignoring the standards. Luckily, smartmontools usually detects these bugs and works around them.", on GSmartControl website.
– gaborous
Feb 14 '15 at 19:18
2
They don't like personal statement here: Please explain rather why it's the best.
– Quidam
Dec 21 '16 at 5:22
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PassMark DiskCheckup is free for personal use. Known issues of V3.0 (Build 1003):
- Hardware RAID and SCSI are not supported. But dynamic disks (software RAID) are supported.
- The Silicon Image SIL0680 Ultra-133 ATA RAID Controller has a bug which can cause a system lockup when the SMART data is accessed.. This bug exists in the current driver version, 1.0.1.7 and presumably in previous versions.
- TEC predictions about future failure dates should be taken as a guide only and should not be considered accurate.
- The majority of newer drives connected via USB and Firewire are supported. However, older drives may not be supported due to the protocol bridge on the hard disk not supporting SMART commands)
answered Oct 10 '10 at 10:01
alexandrulalexandrul
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Simple and works.
– Konrads
Dec 7 '12 at 11:30
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CrystalDiskInfo
is a HDD/SSD utility which supports S.M.A.R.T.
- Supports a part of external USB disks
- Monitoring health status and temperature
- Alert Mail
- Graph of S.M.A.R.T. information
- Control AAM/APM settings
and more ...
MIT license, also available as a portable w/o ads zip.
answered Aug 18 '15 at 8:35
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
Best option when I looked just now. The "Health Status" heuristic seems plausible.
– Nelson
Feb 15 '17 at 3:01
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This is my preference because of the small download size and wide USB controller support
– Chang Qian
Oct 31 '17 at 7:39
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Now there is open source HDD Guardian, which is a graphical user interface for smartctl.
It emerged in 2014, has a good GUI, is stable (at least I haven't noticed any bugs after working a while). Personally, I really appreciate this application.
UPDATE(!): Looks like the project is closed
answered Jan 14 '15 at 9:11
MajesticRaMajesticRa
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I've been trying a few out and I've settled on the free Acronis Drive Monitor
http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/hard-drive-health/
answered Feb 13 '15 at 9:51
Aussie AshAussie Ash
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One more option, you could have a look at your drive manufacturer's site in case they have tools that can interpret your particular drive's status. Some have extra settings, firmware updaters etc.
SSDs in particular tend to have these extras.
answered Jul 16 '15 at 9:19
XTLXTL
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Powershell, WMI:
gwmi Win32_DiskDrive | select Caption,Status
answered Mar 21 '16 at 14:41
Oleh NechytailoOleh Nechytailo
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gwmi: Not found
– Chloe
Oct 30 '17 at 16:30
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Try the free version of HDD Regenerator. It shows in real time the changes of temperature of the HD, warns if it is too hot and shows full S.M.A.R.T. report.
answered Aug 30 '13 at 23:15
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This answer would be more useful if it included a reference (i.e., a link).
– Scott
Aug 31 '13 at 0:12
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If you have a Western Digital drive, then there is a diagnostics utility to view the SMART status.
https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx#WD_softwarepc
This is a Windows version of the Data LifeGuard Diagnostics. It will test WD internal and external drives. In additional, it can provide you with the model and serial of WD drives attached to the system.
On the main program screen, there are two windows. In the top window, you will see the drives in your system that are available for testing. The model number, serial number, capacity, and SMART status of each drive will be displayed. In the bottom window, the partition information for the selected drive will be displayed.
answered Oct 31 '17 at 7:14
ChloeChloe
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You can get yourself Hard 5.25'' hard drive sled enclosure and it will tell you smart status as long as you enable it in BIOS.
Software like WD diagnostic tools gives you same SMART status as hard drive bays give you, enclosures just display SMART status using color coded lights
answered Jan 17 at 14:46
user241367user241367
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If you have an Intel drive, then you can use Intel® SSD Toolbox. On the updside, you don't need third party software or drivers (assuming you trust Intel).
Unfortunately, it appears the pages for the toolbox and the search functionality, are broken so you can't find it by searching Intel's site either. You can't even search for it by item number 18455 or 80097.
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HDTune works on Windows 7 too.
A blog-post reference.
edited Oct 18 '16 at 10:58
user1251007
504622
answered Aug 25 '09 at 7:46
niknik
48.7k887132
Note: The 2.5 version only read a 2TB disk as ~250GB, but the 5.7 Pro Trial version I tried does read the full capacity correctly.
– Pysis
Nov 2 '17 at 2:18
add a comment |
HDTune works on Windows 7 too.
A blog-post reference.
edited Oct 18 '16 at 10:58
user1251007
504622
answered Aug 25 '09 at 7:46
niknik
48.7k887132
Note: The 2.5 version only read a 2TB disk as ~250GB, but the 5.7 Pro Trial version I tried does read the full capacity correctly.
– Pysis
Nov 2 '17 at 2:18
add a comment |
HDTune works on Windows 7 too.
A blog-post reference.
edited Oct 18 '16 at 10:58
user1251007
504622
answered Aug 25 '09 at 7:46
niknik
48.7k887132
HDTune works on Windows 7 too.
A blog-post reference.
edited Oct 18 '16 at 10:58
user1251007
504622
answered Aug 25 '09 at 7:46
niknik
48.7k887132
edited Oct 18 '16 at 10:58
user1251007
504622
edited Oct 18 '16 at 10:58
user1251007
504622
edited Oct 18 '16 at 10:58
user1251007
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504622
answered Aug 25 '09 at 7:46
niknik
48.7k887132
answered Aug 25 '09 at 7:46
niknik
48.7k887132
answered Aug 25 '09 at 7:46
niknik
48.7k887132
48.7k887132
Note: The 2.5 version only read a 2TB disk as ~250GB, but the 5.7 Pro Trial version I tried does read the full capacity correctly.
– Pysis
Nov 2 '17 at 2:18
add a comment |
Note: The 2.5 version only read a 2TB disk as ~250GB, but the 5.7 Pro Trial version I tried does read the full capacity correctly.
– Pysis
Nov 2 '17 at 2:18
Note: The 2.5 version only read a 2TB disk as ~250GB, but the 5.7 Pro Trial version I tried does read the full capacity correctly.
– Pysis
Nov 2 '17 at 2:18
Note: The 2.5 version only read a 2TB disk as ~250GB, but the 5.7 Pro Trial version I tried does read the full capacity correctly.
– Pysis
Nov 2 '17 at 2:18
add a comment |
HDTune is a good commercial software. Speedfan works too, which is free. The trick is you will need to start as Administrator under Windows 7 to see the hard disks. It also works in x64.
edited Jan 28 '13 at 20:52
Phil
1741111
answered Jun 30 '10 at 6:27
KalElKalEl
90531113
3
With a tool that integrates with hddstatus.com's analysis, as pictured, if there are any problems, you'll see warnings below the table with specific info and advice about them.
– rakslice
Jun 30 '12 at 6:05
speedfan is awesome no doubt. Thanks for the blast-from-the-past. However I found its not detecting most externally attached drives. It will detect some and for most general purposes it should be good enough
– Abhishek Dujari
May 4 '16 at 10:45
@Vangel and have you found nothing else that would? if you have found something better that detects more then you should say so and what program it is.
– barlop
Apr 5 '17 at 12:25
@barlop I wish I had. I just gave up. It seemed to me that the only way to get any information was to get for e.g. the manufacturers bloated software for different drive which provides little information of value and fails on other manufacturers automagically. It seems to me, despite efforts from industry to get the drive manufacturers to clean up their act, this mafia group isn't going to get with the program. It's light bulbs all over again.
– Abhishek Dujari
Apr 6 '17 at 16:07
@Vangel i'd be interested if you can name the model of drive whose SMART data you cannot access(you shouldn't paint it like a speedfan problem as you did two comments ago).. it sounds like an interesting question you could ask, too. This may be useful dslreports.com/forum/…
– barlop
Apr 6 '17 at 16:17
|
show 2 more comments
HDTune is a good commercial software. Speedfan works too, which is free. The trick is you will need to start as Administrator under Windows 7 to see the hard disks. It also works in x64.
edited Jan 28 '13 at 20:52
Phil
1741111
answered Jun 30 '10 at 6:27
KalElKalEl
90531113
3
With a tool that integrates with hddstatus.com's analysis, as pictured, if there are any problems, you'll see warnings below the table with specific info and advice about them.
– rakslice
Jun 30 '12 at 6:05
speedfan is awesome no doubt. Thanks for the blast-from-the-past. However I found its not detecting most externally attached drives. It will detect some and for most general purposes it should be good enough
– Abhishek Dujari
May 4 '16 at 10:45
@Vangel and have you found nothing else that would? if you have found something better that detects more then you should say so and what program it is.
– barlop
Apr 5 '17 at 12:25
@barlop I wish I had. I just gave up. It seemed to me that the only way to get any information was to get for e.g. the manufacturers bloated software for different drive which provides little information of value and fails on other manufacturers automagically. It seems to me, despite efforts from industry to get the drive manufacturers to clean up their act, this mafia group isn't going to get with the program. It's light bulbs all over again.
– Abhishek Dujari
Apr 6 '17 at 16:07
@Vangel i'd be interested if you can name the model of drive whose SMART data you cannot access(you shouldn't paint it like a speedfan problem as you did two comments ago).. it sounds like an interesting question you could ask, too. This may be useful dslreports.com/forum/…
– barlop
Apr 6 '17 at 16:17
|
show 2 more comments
HDTune is a good commercial software. Speedfan works too, which is free. The trick is you will need to start as Administrator under Windows 7 to see the hard disks. It also works in x64.
edited Jan 28 '13 at 20:52
Phil
1741111
answered Jun 30 '10 at 6:27
KalElKalEl
90531113
HDTune is a good commercial software. Speedfan works too, which is free. The trick is you will need to start as Administrator under Windows 7 to see the hard disks. It also works in x64.
edited Jan 28 '13 at 20:52
Phil
1741111
answered Jun 30 '10 at 6:27
KalElKalEl
90531113
edited Jan 28 '13 at 20:52
Phil
1741111
edited Jan 28 '13 at 20:52
Phil
1741111
edited Jan 28 '13 at 20:52
Phil
1741111
1741111
answered Jun 30 '10 at 6:27
KalElKalEl
90531113
answered Jun 30 '10 at 6:27
KalElKalEl
90531113
answered Jun 30 '10 at 6:27
KalElKalEl
90531113
90531113
3
With a tool that integrates with hddstatus.com's analysis, as pictured, if there are any problems, you'll see warnings below the table with specific info and advice about them.
– rakslice
Jun 30 '12 at 6:05
speedfan is awesome no doubt. Thanks for the blast-from-the-past. However I found its not detecting most externally attached drives. It will detect some and for most general purposes it should be good enough
– Abhishek Dujari
May 4 '16 at 10:45
@Vangel and have you found nothing else that would? if you have found something better that detects more then you should say so and what program it is.
– barlop
Apr 5 '17 at 12:25
@barlop I wish I had. I just gave up. It seemed to me that the only way to get any information was to get for e.g. the manufacturers bloated software for different drive which provides little information of value and fails on other manufacturers automagically. It seems to me, despite efforts from industry to get the drive manufacturers to clean up their act, this mafia group isn't going to get with the program. It's light bulbs all over again.
– Abhishek Dujari
Apr 6 '17 at 16:07
@Vangel i'd be interested if you can name the model of drive whose SMART data you cannot access(you shouldn't paint it like a speedfan problem as you did two comments ago).. it sounds like an interesting question you could ask, too. This may be useful dslreports.com/forum/…
– barlop
Apr 6 '17 at 16:17
|
show 2 more comments
3
With a tool that integrates with hddstatus.com's analysis, as pictured, if there are any problems, you'll see warnings below the table with specific info and advice about them.
– rakslice
Jun 30 '12 at 6:05
speedfan is awesome no doubt. Thanks for the blast-from-the-past. However I found its not detecting most externally attached drives. It will detect some and for most general purposes it should be good enough
– Abhishek Dujari
May 4 '16 at 10:45
@Vangel and have you found nothing else that would? if you have found something better that detects more then you should say so and what program it is.
– barlop
Apr 5 '17 at 12:25
@barlop I wish I had. I just gave up. It seemed to me that the only way to get any information was to get for e.g. the manufacturers bloated software for different drive which provides little information of value and fails on other manufacturers automagically. It seems to me, despite efforts from industry to get the drive manufacturers to clean up their act, this mafia group isn't going to get with the program. It's light bulbs all over again.
– Abhishek Dujari
Apr 6 '17 at 16:07
@Vangel i'd be interested if you can name the model of drive whose SMART data you cannot access(you shouldn't paint it like a speedfan problem as you did two comments ago).. it sounds like an interesting question you could ask, too. This may be useful dslreports.com/forum/…
– barlop
Apr 6 '17 at 16:17
3
3
With a tool that integrates with hddstatus.com's analysis, as pictured, if there are any problems, you'll see warnings below the table with specific info and advice about them.
– rakslice
Jun 30 '12 at 6:05
With a tool that integrates with hddstatus.com's analysis, as pictured, if there are any problems, you'll see warnings below the table with specific info and advice about them.
– rakslice
Jun 30 '12 at 6:05
speedfan is awesome no doubt. Thanks for the blast-from-the-past. However I found its not detecting most externally attached drives. It will detect some and for most general purposes it should be good enough
– Abhishek Dujari
May 4 '16 at 10:45
speedfan is awesome no doubt. Thanks for the blast-from-the-past. However I found its not detecting most externally attached drives. It will detect some and for most general purposes it should be good enough
– Abhishek Dujari
May 4 '16 at 10:45
@Vangel and have you found nothing else that would? if you have found something better that detects more then you should say so and what program it is.
– barlop
Apr 5 '17 at 12:25
@Vangel and have you found nothing else that would? if you have found something better that detects more then you should say so and what program it is.
– barlop
Apr 5 '17 at 12:25
@barlop I wish I had. I just gave up. It seemed to me that the only way to get any information was to get for e.g. the manufacturers bloated software for different drive which provides little information of value and fails on other manufacturers automagically. It seems to me, despite efforts from industry to get the drive manufacturers to clean up their act, this mafia group isn't going to get with the program. It's light bulbs all over again.
– Abhishek Dujari
Apr 6 '17 at 16:07
@barlop I wish I had. I just gave up. It seemed to me that the only way to get any information was to get for e.g. the manufacturers bloated software for different drive which provides little information of value and fails on other manufacturers automagically. It seems to me, despite efforts from industry to get the drive manufacturers to clean up their act, this mafia group isn't going to get with the program. It's light bulbs all over again.
– Abhishek Dujari
Apr 6 '17 at 16:07
@Vangel i'd be interested if you can name the model of drive whose SMART data you cannot access(you shouldn't paint it like a speedfan problem as you did two comments ago).. it sounds like an interesting question you could ask, too. This may be useful dslreports.com/forum/…
– barlop
Apr 6 '17 at 16:17
@Vangel i'd be interested if you can name the model of drive whose SMART data you cannot access(you shouldn't paint it like a speedfan problem as you did two comments ago).. it sounds like an interesting question you could ask, too. This may be useful dslreports.com/forum/…
– barlop
Apr 6 '17 at 16:17
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GSmartControl
GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk drives. It allows you to inspect the drive's SMART data to determine its health, as well as run various tests on it.
Free open source cross platform GUI for smartmontools.
edited Oct 26 '14 at 18:38
Amirreza Nasiri
1,44892640
answered Jun 18 '13 at 15:01
ryanmonkryanmonk
43445
6
Not only is this free and open source, it's better than many of the others mentioned in this question I've found, it worked when others didn't, and it knew about more SMART fields than others.
– mavhc
Sep 24 '13 at 11:16
3
@mavhc it's more efficient because it relies on smartmontools which defines its own thresholds instead of the one provided by manufacturers :)
– gaborous
Feb 14 '15 at 19:20
add a comment |
GSmartControl
GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk drives. It allows you to inspect the drive's SMART data to determine its health, as well as run various tests on it.
Free open source cross platform GUI for smartmontools.
edited Oct 26 '14 at 18:38
Amirreza Nasiri
1,44892640
answered Jun 18 '13 at 15:01
ryanmonkryanmonk
43445
6
Not only is this free and open source, it's better than many of the others mentioned in this question I've found, it worked when others didn't, and it knew about more SMART fields than others.
– mavhc
Sep 24 '13 at 11:16
3
@mavhc it's more efficient because it relies on smartmontools which defines its own thresholds instead of the one provided by manufacturers :)
– gaborous
Feb 14 '15 at 19:20
add a comment |
GSmartControl
GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk drives. It allows you to inspect the drive's SMART data to determine its health, as well as run various tests on it.
Free open source cross platform GUI for smartmontools.
edited Oct 26 '14 at 18:38
Amirreza Nasiri
1,44892640
answered Jun 18 '13 at 15:01
ryanmonkryanmonk
43445
GSmartControl
GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk drives. It allows you to inspect the drive's SMART data to determine its health, as well as run various tests on it.
Free open source cross platform GUI for smartmontools.
edited Oct 26 '14 at 18:38
Amirreza Nasiri
1,44892640
answered Jun 18 '13 at 15:01
ryanmonkryanmonk
43445
edited Oct 26 '14 at 18:38
Amirreza Nasiri
1,44892640
edited Oct 26 '14 at 18:38
Amirreza Nasiri
1,44892640
edited Oct 26 '14 at 18:38
Amirreza Nasiri
1,44892640
1,44892640
answered Jun 18 '13 at 15:01
ryanmonkryanmonk
43445
answered Jun 18 '13 at 15:01
ryanmonkryanmonk
43445
answered Jun 18 '13 at 15:01
ryanmonkryanmonk
43445
43445
6
Not only is this free and open source, it's better than many of the others mentioned in this question I've found, it worked when others didn't, and it knew about more SMART fields than others.
– mavhc
Sep 24 '13 at 11:16
3
@mavhc it's more efficient because it relies on smartmontools which defines its own thresholds instead of the one provided by manufacturers :)
– gaborous
Feb 14 '15 at 19:20
add a comment |
6
Not only is this free and open source, it's better than many of the others mentioned in this question I've found, it worked when others didn't, and it knew about more SMART fields than others.
– mavhc
Sep 24 '13 at 11:16
3
@mavhc it's more efficient because it relies on smartmontools which defines its own thresholds instead of the one provided by manufacturers :)
– gaborous
Feb 14 '15 at 19:20
6
6
Not only is this free and open source, it's better than many of the others mentioned in this question I've found, it worked when others didn't, and it knew about more SMART fields than others.
– mavhc
Sep 24 '13 at 11:16
Not only is this free and open source, it's better than many of the others mentioned in this question I've found, it worked when others didn't, and it knew about more SMART fields than others.
– mavhc
Sep 24 '13 at 11:16
3
3
@mavhc it's more efficient because it relies on smartmontools which defines its own thresholds instead of the one provided by manufacturers :)
– gaborous
Feb 14 '15 at 19:20
@mavhc it's more efficient because it relies on smartmontools which defines its own thresholds instead of the one provided by manufacturers :)
– gaborous
Feb 14 '15 at 19:20
add a comment |
Go to a command prompt and type:
wmic
then at the wmic:rootcli> prompt:
diskdrive get status
Or if you want other information, you can try options other than "status". The other options are found here.
edited Jul 23 '17 at 3:18
boot13
5,19131940
answered Aug 18 '15 at 23:31
CoreyHCoreyH
755711
9
wmic diskdrive get statusin command prompt works too.
– Draco Ater
Nov 27 '15 at 9:47
4
All that command does is print "Status" and "OK". It does not even provide the drive name; and it does not provide the S.M.A.R.T. drive status.
– jww
Feb 22 '16 at 6:40
3
@jww you can specify additional fields in get query,wmic diskdrive get model, name, status, or no fields to get all of themwmic diskdrive
– Oleh Nechytailo
Mar 21 '16 at 14:33
1
this command did NOT detect the disk fault. other utilities did: crystaldisk, gsmartmon
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Sep 14 '16 at 0:01
All this seems to indicate is if the disk has failed. In crystaldiskinfo I got "caution" and in harddisksentinal I got 4% health. Also the command in windows 10 has no spaces around the commas. So it is:wmic diskdrive get model,name,status.
– runamok
Aug 4 '17 at 17:26
add a comment |
Go to a command prompt and type:
wmic
then at the wmic:rootcli> prompt:
diskdrive get status
Or if you want other information, you can try options other than "status". The other options are found here.
edited Jul 23 '17 at 3:18
boot13
5,19131940
answered Aug 18 '15 at 23:31
CoreyHCoreyH
755711
9
wmic diskdrive get statusin command prompt works too.
– Draco Ater
Nov 27 '15 at 9:47
4
All that command does is print "Status" and "OK". It does not even provide the drive name; and it does not provide the S.M.A.R.T. drive status.
– jww
Feb 22 '16 at 6:40
3
@jww you can specify additional fields in get query,wmic diskdrive get model, name, status, or no fields to get all of themwmic diskdrive
– Oleh Nechytailo
Mar 21 '16 at 14:33
1
this command did NOT detect the disk fault. other utilities did: crystaldisk, gsmartmon
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Sep 14 '16 at 0:01
All this seems to indicate is if the disk has failed. In crystaldiskinfo I got "caution" and in harddisksentinal I got 4% health. Also the command in windows 10 has no spaces around the commas. So it is:wmic diskdrive get model,name,status.
– runamok
Aug 4 '17 at 17:26
add a comment |
Go to a command prompt and type:
wmic
then at the wmic:rootcli> prompt:
diskdrive get status
Or if you want other information, you can try options other than "status". The other options are found here.
edited Jul 23 '17 at 3:18
boot13
5,19131940
answered Aug 18 '15 at 23:31
CoreyHCoreyH
755711
Go to a command prompt and type:
wmic
then at the wmic:rootcli> prompt:
diskdrive get status
Or if you want other information, you can try options other than "status". The other options are found here.
edited Jul 23 '17 at 3:18
boot13
5,19131940
answered Aug 18 '15 at 23:31
CoreyHCoreyH
755711
edited Jul 23 '17 at 3:18
boot13
5,19131940
edited Jul 23 '17 at 3:18
boot13
5,19131940
edited Jul 23 '17 at 3:18
boot13
5,19131940
5,19131940
answered Aug 18 '15 at 23:31
CoreyHCoreyH
755711
answered Aug 18 '15 at 23:31
CoreyHCoreyH
755711
answered Aug 18 '15 at 23:31
CoreyHCoreyH
755711
755711
9
wmic diskdrive get statusin command prompt works too.
– Draco Ater
Nov 27 '15 at 9:47
4
All that command does is print "Status" and "OK". It does not even provide the drive name; and it does not provide the S.M.A.R.T. drive status.
– jww
Feb 22 '16 at 6:40
3
@jww you can specify additional fields in get query,wmic diskdrive get model, name, status, or no fields to get all of themwmic diskdrive
– Oleh Nechytailo
Mar 21 '16 at 14:33
1
this command did NOT detect the disk fault. other utilities did: crystaldisk, gsmartmon
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Sep 14 '16 at 0:01
All this seems to indicate is if the disk has failed. In crystaldiskinfo I got "caution" and in harddisksentinal I got 4% health. Also the command in windows 10 has no spaces around the commas. So it is:wmic diskdrive get model,name,status.
– runamok
Aug 4 '17 at 17:26
add a comment |
9
wmic diskdrive get statusin command prompt works too.
– Draco Ater
Nov 27 '15 at 9:47
4
All that command does is print "Status" and "OK". It does not even provide the drive name; and it does not provide the S.M.A.R.T. drive status.
– jww
Feb 22 '16 at 6:40
3
@jww you can specify additional fields in get query,wmic diskdrive get model, name, status, or no fields to get all of themwmic diskdrive
– Oleh Nechytailo
Mar 21 '16 at 14:33
1
this command did NOT detect the disk fault. other utilities did: crystaldisk, gsmartmon
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Sep 14 '16 at 0:01
All this seems to indicate is if the disk has failed. In crystaldiskinfo I got "caution" and in harddisksentinal I got 4% health. Also the command in windows 10 has no spaces around the commas. So it is:wmic diskdrive get model,name,status.
– runamok
Aug 4 '17 at 17:26
9
9
wmic diskdrive get status in command prompt works too.– Draco Ater
Nov 27 '15 at 9:47
wmic diskdrive get status in command prompt works too.– Draco Ater
Nov 27 '15 at 9:47
4
4
All that command does is print "Status" and "OK". It does not even provide the drive name; and it does not provide the S.M.A.R.T. drive status.
– jww
Feb 22 '16 at 6:40
All that command does is print "Status" and "OK". It does not even provide the drive name; and it does not provide the S.M.A.R.T. drive status.
– jww
Feb 22 '16 at 6:40
3
3
@jww you can specify additional fields in get query,
wmic diskdrive get model, name, status, or no fields to get all of them wmic diskdrive– Oleh Nechytailo
Mar 21 '16 at 14:33
@jww you can specify additional fields in get query,
wmic diskdrive get model, name, status, or no fields to get all of them wmic diskdrive– Oleh Nechytailo
Mar 21 '16 at 14:33
1
1
this command did NOT detect the disk fault. other utilities did: crystaldisk, gsmartmon
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Sep 14 '16 at 0:01
this command did NOT detect the disk fault. other utilities did: crystaldisk, gsmartmon
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Sep 14 '16 at 0:01
All this seems to indicate is if the disk has failed. In crystaldiskinfo I got "caution" and in harddisksentinal I got 4% health. Also the command in windows 10 has no spaces around the commas. So it is:
wmic diskdrive get model,name,status.– runamok
Aug 4 '17 at 17:26
All this seems to indicate is if the disk has failed. In crystaldiskinfo I got "caution" and in harddisksentinal I got 4% health. Also the command in windows 10 has no spaces around the commas. So it is:
wmic diskdrive get model,name,status.– runamok
Aug 4 '17 at 17:26
add a comment |
S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools:
smartmontools contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI disks. It is derived from smartsuite.
- command-line tools
- works on Windows Server 2008, Windows 8.1
- support quite a few USB devices: Supported USB-Devices
answered Oct 10 '10 at 19:48
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
Thanks, that's the Unix tool I normally use. - I simply did not expect to find windows support!
– not-a-user
Nov 19 '15 at 10:17
Mind that it requires administrator privileges so you'll have to run it withsudoon Linux, orrunas /user:Administratoron Windows.
– Matthieu
Mar 10 '17 at 10:32
add a comment |
S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools:
smartmontools contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI disks. It is derived from smartsuite.
- command-line tools
- works on Windows Server 2008, Windows 8.1
- support quite a few USB devices: Supported USB-Devices
answered Oct 10 '10 at 19:48
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
Thanks, that's the Unix tool I normally use. - I simply did not expect to find windows support!
– not-a-user
Nov 19 '15 at 10:17
Mind that it requires administrator privileges so you'll have to run it withsudoon Linux, orrunas /user:Administratoron Windows.
– Matthieu
Mar 10 '17 at 10:32
add a comment |
S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools:
smartmontools contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI disks. It is derived from smartsuite.
- command-line tools
- works on Windows Server 2008, Windows 8.1
- support quite a few USB devices: Supported USB-Devices
answered Oct 10 '10 at 19:48
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools:
smartmontools contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI disks. It is derived from smartsuite.
- command-line tools
- works on Windows Server 2008, Windows 8.1
- support quite a few USB devices: Supported USB-Devices
answered Oct 10 '10 at 19:48
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
edited Jun 13 '14 at 4:31
answered Oct 10 '10 at 19:48
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
answered Oct 10 '10 at 19:48
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
answered Oct 10 '10 at 19:48
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
9251520
Thanks, that's the Unix tool I normally use. - I simply did not expect to find windows support!
– not-a-user
Nov 19 '15 at 10:17
Mind that it requires administrator privileges so you'll have to run it withsudoon Linux, orrunas /user:Administratoron Windows.
– Matthieu
Mar 10 '17 at 10:32
add a comment |
Thanks, that's the Unix tool I normally use. - I simply did not expect to find windows support!
– not-a-user
Nov 19 '15 at 10:17
Mind that it requires administrator privileges so you'll have to run it withsudoon Linux, orrunas /user:Administratoron Windows.
– Matthieu
Mar 10 '17 at 10:32
Thanks, that's the Unix tool I normally use. - I simply did not expect to find windows support!
– not-a-user
Nov 19 '15 at 10:17
Thanks, that's the Unix tool I normally use. - I simply did not expect to find windows support!
– not-a-user
Nov 19 '15 at 10:17
Mind that it requires administrator privileges so you'll have to run it with
sudo on Linux, or runas /user:Administrator on Windows.– Matthieu
Mar 10 '17 at 10:32
Mind that it requires administrator privileges so you'll have to run it with
sudo on Linux, or runas /user:Administrator on Windows.– Matthieu
Mar 10 '17 at 10:32
add a comment |
HD Sentinel! Best ever, bar none!
edited Oct 28 '12 at 16:56
Peter Mortensen
8,376166185
answered Jul 8 '10 at 17:53
Bjørn MathisenBjørn Mathisen
12112
Agree, with SmartMonTools/GSmartControl they are probably the two best SMART monitors because they don't rely on manufacturer's (biased) thresholds but rather define their own as explained here and here. "Yet another issue is that quite often the drives have bugs which prevent correct SMART usage. This is usually due to buggy firmware, or the manufacturer ignoring the standards. Luckily, smartmontools usually detects these bugs and works around them.", on GSmartControl website.
– gaborous
Feb 14 '15 at 19:18
2
They don't like personal statement here: Please explain rather why it's the best.
– Quidam
Dec 21 '16 at 5:22
add a comment |
HD Sentinel! Best ever, bar none!
edited Oct 28 '12 at 16:56
Peter Mortensen
8,376166185
answered Jul 8 '10 at 17:53
Bjørn MathisenBjørn Mathisen
12112
Agree, with SmartMonTools/GSmartControl they are probably the two best SMART monitors because they don't rely on manufacturer's (biased) thresholds but rather define their own as explained here and here. "Yet another issue is that quite often the drives have bugs which prevent correct SMART usage. This is usually due to buggy firmware, or the manufacturer ignoring the standards. Luckily, smartmontools usually detects these bugs and works around them.", on GSmartControl website.
– gaborous
Feb 14 '15 at 19:18
2
They don't like personal statement here: Please explain rather why it's the best.
– Quidam
Dec 21 '16 at 5:22
add a comment |
HD Sentinel! Best ever, bar none!
edited Oct 28 '12 at 16:56
Peter Mortensen
8,376166185
answered Jul 8 '10 at 17:53
Bjørn MathisenBjørn Mathisen
12112
HD Sentinel! Best ever, bar none!
edited Oct 28 '12 at 16:56
Peter Mortensen
8,376166185
answered Jul 8 '10 at 17:53
Bjørn MathisenBjørn Mathisen
12112
edited Oct 28 '12 at 16:56
Peter Mortensen
8,376166185
edited Oct 28 '12 at 16:56
Peter Mortensen
8,376166185
edited Oct 28 '12 at 16:56
Peter Mortensen
8,376166185
8,376166185
answered Jul 8 '10 at 17:53
Bjørn MathisenBjørn Mathisen
12112
answered Jul 8 '10 at 17:53
Bjørn MathisenBjørn Mathisen
12112
answered Jul 8 '10 at 17:53
Bjørn MathisenBjørn Mathisen
12112
12112
Agree, with SmartMonTools/GSmartControl they are probably the two best SMART monitors because they don't rely on manufacturer's (biased) thresholds but rather define their own as explained here and here. "Yet another issue is that quite often the drives have bugs which prevent correct SMART usage. This is usually due to buggy firmware, or the manufacturer ignoring the standards. Luckily, smartmontools usually detects these bugs and works around them.", on GSmartControl website.
– gaborous
Feb 14 '15 at 19:18
2
They don't like personal statement here: Please explain rather why it's the best.
– Quidam
Dec 21 '16 at 5:22
add a comment |
Agree, with SmartMonTools/GSmartControl they are probably the two best SMART monitors because they don't rely on manufacturer's (biased) thresholds but rather define their own as explained here and here. "Yet another issue is that quite often the drives have bugs which prevent correct SMART usage. This is usually due to buggy firmware, or the manufacturer ignoring the standards. Luckily, smartmontools usually detects these bugs and works around them.", on GSmartControl website.
– gaborous
Feb 14 '15 at 19:18
2
They don't like personal statement here: Please explain rather why it's the best.
– Quidam
Dec 21 '16 at 5:22
Agree, with SmartMonTools/GSmartControl they are probably the two best SMART monitors because they don't rely on manufacturer's (biased) thresholds but rather define their own as explained here and here. "Yet another issue is that quite often the drives have bugs which prevent correct SMART usage. This is usually due to buggy firmware, or the manufacturer ignoring the standards. Luckily, smartmontools usually detects these bugs and works around them.", on GSmartControl website.
– gaborous
Feb 14 '15 at 19:18
Agree, with SmartMonTools/GSmartControl they are probably the two best SMART monitors because they don't rely on manufacturer's (biased) thresholds but rather define their own as explained here and here. "Yet another issue is that quite often the drives have bugs which prevent correct SMART usage. This is usually due to buggy firmware, or the manufacturer ignoring the standards. Luckily, smartmontools usually detects these bugs and works around them.", on GSmartControl website.
– gaborous
Feb 14 '15 at 19:18
2
2
They don't like personal statement here: Please explain rather why it's the best.
– Quidam
Dec 21 '16 at 5:22
They don't like personal statement here: Please explain rather why it's the best.
– Quidam
Dec 21 '16 at 5:22
add a comment |
PassMark DiskCheckup is free for personal use. Known issues of V3.0 (Build 1003):
- Hardware RAID and SCSI are not supported. But dynamic disks (software RAID) are supported.
- The Silicon Image SIL0680 Ultra-133 ATA RAID Controller has a bug which can cause a system lockup when the SMART data is accessed.. This bug exists in the current driver version, 1.0.1.7 and presumably in previous versions.
- TEC predictions about future failure dates should be taken as a guide only and should not be considered accurate.
- The majority of newer drives connected via USB and Firewire are supported. However, older drives may not be supported due to the protocol bridge on the hard disk not supporting SMART commands)
answered Oct 10 '10 at 10:01
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
Simple and works.
– Konrads
Dec 7 '12 at 11:30
add a comment |
PassMark DiskCheckup is free for personal use. Known issues of V3.0 (Build 1003):
- Hardware RAID and SCSI are not supported. But dynamic disks (software RAID) are supported.
- The Silicon Image SIL0680 Ultra-133 ATA RAID Controller has a bug which can cause a system lockup when the SMART data is accessed.. This bug exists in the current driver version, 1.0.1.7 and presumably in previous versions.
- TEC predictions about future failure dates should be taken as a guide only and should not be considered accurate.
- The majority of newer drives connected via USB and Firewire are supported. However, older drives may not be supported due to the protocol bridge on the hard disk not supporting SMART commands)
answered Oct 10 '10 at 10:01
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
Simple and works.
– Konrads
Dec 7 '12 at 11:30
add a comment |
PassMark DiskCheckup is free for personal use. Known issues of V3.0 (Build 1003):
- Hardware RAID and SCSI are not supported. But dynamic disks (software RAID) are supported.
- The Silicon Image SIL0680 Ultra-133 ATA RAID Controller has a bug which can cause a system lockup when the SMART data is accessed.. This bug exists in the current driver version, 1.0.1.7 and presumably in previous versions.
- TEC predictions about future failure dates should be taken as a guide only and should not be considered accurate.
- The majority of newer drives connected via USB and Firewire are supported. However, older drives may not be supported due to the protocol bridge on the hard disk not supporting SMART commands)
answered Oct 10 '10 at 10:01
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
PassMark DiskCheckup is free for personal use. Known issues of V3.0 (Build 1003):
- Hardware RAID and SCSI are not supported. But dynamic disks (software RAID) are supported.
- The Silicon Image SIL0680 Ultra-133 ATA RAID Controller has a bug which can cause a system lockup when the SMART data is accessed.. This bug exists in the current driver version, 1.0.1.7 and presumably in previous versions.
- TEC predictions about future failure dates should be taken as a guide only and should not be considered accurate.
- The majority of newer drives connected via USB and Firewire are supported. However, older drives may not be supported due to the protocol bridge on the hard disk not supporting SMART commands)
answered Oct 10 '10 at 10:01
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
answered Oct 10 '10 at 10:01
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
answered Oct 10 '10 at 10:01
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
answered Oct 10 '10 at 10:01
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
9251520
Simple and works.
– Konrads
Dec 7 '12 at 11:30
add a comment |
Simple and works.
– Konrads
Dec 7 '12 at 11:30
Simple and works.
– Konrads
Dec 7 '12 at 11:30
Simple and works.
– Konrads
Dec 7 '12 at 11:30
add a comment |
CrystalDiskInfo
is a HDD/SSD utility which supports S.M.A.R.T.
- Supports a part of external USB disks
- Monitoring health status and temperature
- Alert Mail
- Graph of S.M.A.R.T. information
- Control AAM/APM settings
and more ...
MIT license, also available as a portable w/o ads zip.
answered Aug 18 '15 at 8:35
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
Best option when I looked just now. The "Health Status" heuristic seems plausible.
– Nelson
Feb 15 '17 at 3:01
1
This is my preference because of the small download size and wide USB controller support
– Chang Qian
Oct 31 '17 at 7:39
add a comment |
CrystalDiskInfo
is a HDD/SSD utility which supports S.M.A.R.T.
- Supports a part of external USB disks
- Monitoring health status and temperature
- Alert Mail
- Graph of S.M.A.R.T. information
- Control AAM/APM settings
and more ...
MIT license, also available as a portable w/o ads zip.
answered Aug 18 '15 at 8:35
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
Best option when I looked just now. The "Health Status" heuristic seems plausible.
– Nelson
Feb 15 '17 at 3:01
1
This is my preference because of the small download size and wide USB controller support
– Chang Qian
Oct 31 '17 at 7:39
add a comment |
CrystalDiskInfo
is a HDD/SSD utility which supports S.M.A.R.T.
- Supports a part of external USB disks
- Monitoring health status and temperature
- Alert Mail
- Graph of S.M.A.R.T. information
- Control AAM/APM settings
and more ...
MIT license, also available as a portable w/o ads zip.
answered Aug 18 '15 at 8:35
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CrystalDiskInfo
is a HDD/SSD utility which supports S.M.A.R.T.
- Supports a part of external USB disks
- Monitoring health status and temperature
- Alert Mail
- Graph of S.M.A.R.T. information
- Control AAM/APM settings
and more ...
MIT license, also available as a portable w/o ads zip.
answered Aug 18 '15 at 8:35
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
answered Aug 18 '15 at 8:35
alexandrulalexandrul
9251520
answered Aug 18 '15 at 8:35
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answered Aug 18 '15 at 8:35
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Best option when I looked just now. The "Health Status" heuristic seems plausible.
– Nelson
Feb 15 '17 at 3:01
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This is my preference because of the small download size and wide USB controller support
– Chang Qian
Oct 31 '17 at 7:39
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Best option when I looked just now. The "Health Status" heuristic seems plausible.
– Nelson
Feb 15 '17 at 3:01
1
This is my preference because of the small download size and wide USB controller support
– Chang Qian
Oct 31 '17 at 7:39
Best option when I looked just now. The "Health Status" heuristic seems plausible.
– Nelson
Feb 15 '17 at 3:01
Best option when I looked just now. The "Health Status" heuristic seems plausible.
– Nelson
Feb 15 '17 at 3:01
1
1
This is my preference because of the small download size and wide USB controller support
– Chang Qian
Oct 31 '17 at 7:39
This is my preference because of the small download size and wide USB controller support
– Chang Qian
Oct 31 '17 at 7:39
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Now there is open source HDD Guardian, which is a graphical user interface for smartctl.
It emerged in 2014, has a good GUI, is stable (at least I haven't noticed any bugs after working a while). Personally, I really appreciate this application.
UPDATE(!): Looks like the project is closed
answered Jan 14 '15 at 9:11
MajesticRaMajesticRa
277249
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Now there is open source HDD Guardian, which is a graphical user interface for smartctl.
It emerged in 2014, has a good GUI, is stable (at least I haven't noticed any bugs after working a while). Personally, I really appreciate this application.
UPDATE(!): Looks like the project is closed
answered Jan 14 '15 at 9:11
MajesticRaMajesticRa
277249
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Now there is open source HDD Guardian, which is a graphical user interface for smartctl.
It emerged in 2014, has a good GUI, is stable (at least I haven't noticed any bugs after working a while). Personally, I really appreciate this application.
UPDATE(!): Looks like the project is closed
answered Jan 14 '15 at 9:11
MajesticRaMajesticRa
277249
Now there is open source HDD Guardian, which is a graphical user interface for smartctl.
It emerged in 2014, has a good GUI, is stable (at least I haven't noticed any bugs after working a while). Personally, I really appreciate this application.
UPDATE(!): Looks like the project is closed
answered Jan 14 '15 at 9:11
MajesticRaMajesticRa
277249
edited Oct 13 '17 at 1:06
answered Jan 14 '15 at 9:11
MajesticRaMajesticRa
277249
answered Jan 14 '15 at 9:11
MajesticRaMajesticRa
277249
answered Jan 14 '15 at 9:11
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I've been trying a few out and I've settled on the free Acronis Drive Monitor
http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/hard-drive-health/
answered Feb 13 '15 at 9:51
Aussie AshAussie Ash
1412
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I've been trying a few out and I've settled on the free Acronis Drive Monitor
http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/hard-drive-health/
answered Feb 13 '15 at 9:51
Aussie AshAussie Ash
1412
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I've been trying a few out and I've settled on the free Acronis Drive Monitor
http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/hard-drive-health/
answered Feb 13 '15 at 9:51
Aussie AshAussie Ash
1412
I've been trying a few out and I've settled on the free Acronis Drive Monitor
http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/hard-drive-health/
answered Feb 13 '15 at 9:51
Aussie AshAussie Ash
1412
answered Feb 13 '15 at 9:51
Aussie AshAussie Ash
1412
answered Feb 13 '15 at 9:51
Aussie AshAussie Ash
1412
answered Feb 13 '15 at 9:51
Aussie AshAussie Ash
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1412
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One more option, you could have a look at your drive manufacturer's site in case they have tools that can interpret your particular drive's status. Some have extra settings, firmware updaters etc.
SSDs in particular tend to have these extras.
answered Jul 16 '15 at 9:19
XTLXTL
17611
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One more option, you could have a look at your drive manufacturer's site in case they have tools that can interpret your particular drive's status. Some have extra settings, firmware updaters etc.
SSDs in particular tend to have these extras.
answered Jul 16 '15 at 9:19
XTLXTL
17611
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One more option, you could have a look at your drive manufacturer's site in case they have tools that can interpret your particular drive's status. Some have extra settings, firmware updaters etc.
SSDs in particular tend to have these extras.
answered Jul 16 '15 at 9:19
XTLXTL
17611
One more option, you could have a look at your drive manufacturer's site in case they have tools that can interpret your particular drive's status. Some have extra settings, firmware updaters etc.
SSDs in particular tend to have these extras.
answered Jul 16 '15 at 9:19
XTLXTL
17611
answered Jul 16 '15 at 9:19
XTLXTL
17611
answered Jul 16 '15 at 9:19
XTLXTL
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answered Jul 16 '15 at 9:19
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Powershell, WMI:
gwmi Win32_DiskDrive | select Caption,Status
answered Mar 21 '16 at 14:41
Oleh NechytailoOleh Nechytailo
1192
gwmi: Not found
– Chloe
Oct 30 '17 at 16:30
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Powershell, WMI:
gwmi Win32_DiskDrive | select Caption,Status
answered Mar 21 '16 at 14:41
Oleh NechytailoOleh Nechytailo
1192
gwmi: Not found
– Chloe
Oct 30 '17 at 16:30
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Powershell, WMI:
gwmi Win32_DiskDrive | select Caption,Status
answered Mar 21 '16 at 14:41
Oleh NechytailoOleh Nechytailo
1192
Powershell, WMI:
gwmi Win32_DiskDrive | select Caption,Status
answered Mar 21 '16 at 14:41
Oleh NechytailoOleh Nechytailo
1192
answered Mar 21 '16 at 14:41
Oleh NechytailoOleh Nechytailo
1192
answered Mar 21 '16 at 14:41
Oleh NechytailoOleh Nechytailo
1192
answered Mar 21 '16 at 14:41
Oleh NechytailoOleh Nechytailo
1192
1192
gwmi: Not found
– Chloe
Oct 30 '17 at 16:30
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gwmi: Not found
– Chloe
Oct 30 '17 at 16:30
gwmi: Not found– Chloe
Oct 30 '17 at 16:30
gwmi: Not found– Chloe
Oct 30 '17 at 16:30
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Try the free version of HDD Regenerator. It shows in real time the changes of temperature of the HD, warns if it is too hot and shows full S.M.A.R.T. report.
answered Aug 30 '13 at 23:15
user2672400user2672400
1
3
This answer would be more useful if it included a reference (i.e., a link).
– Scott
Aug 31 '13 at 0:12
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Try the free version of HDD Regenerator. It shows in real time the changes of temperature of the HD, warns if it is too hot and shows full S.M.A.R.T. report.
answered Aug 30 '13 at 23:15
user2672400user2672400
1
3
This answer would be more useful if it included a reference (i.e., a link).
– Scott
Aug 31 '13 at 0:12
add a comment |
Try the free version of HDD Regenerator. It shows in real time the changes of temperature of the HD, warns if it is too hot and shows full S.M.A.R.T. report.
answered Aug 30 '13 at 23:15
user2672400user2672400
1
Try the free version of HDD Regenerator. It shows in real time the changes of temperature of the HD, warns if it is too hot and shows full S.M.A.R.T. report.
answered Aug 30 '13 at 23:15
user2672400user2672400
1
answered Aug 30 '13 at 23:15
user2672400user2672400
1
answered Aug 30 '13 at 23:15
user2672400user2672400
1
answered Aug 30 '13 at 23:15
user2672400user2672400
1
1
3
This answer would be more useful if it included a reference (i.e., a link).
– Scott
Aug 31 '13 at 0:12
add a comment |
3
This answer would be more useful if it included a reference (i.e., a link).
– Scott
Aug 31 '13 at 0:12
3
3
This answer would be more useful if it included a reference (i.e., a link).
– Scott
Aug 31 '13 at 0:12
This answer would be more useful if it included a reference (i.e., a link).
– Scott
Aug 31 '13 at 0:12
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If you have a Western Digital drive, then there is a diagnostics utility to view the SMART status.
https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx#WD_softwarepc
This is a Windows version of the Data LifeGuard Diagnostics. It will test WD internal and external drives. In additional, it can provide you with the model and serial of WD drives attached to the system.
On the main program screen, there are two windows. In the top window, you will see the drives in your system that are available for testing. The model number, serial number, capacity, and SMART status of each drive will be displayed. In the bottom window, the partition information for the selected drive will be displayed.
answered Oct 31 '17 at 7:14
ChloeChloe
2,465124278
add a comment |
If you have a Western Digital drive, then there is a diagnostics utility to view the SMART status.
https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx#WD_softwarepc
This is a Windows version of the Data LifeGuard Diagnostics. It will test WD internal and external drives. In additional, it can provide you with the model and serial of WD drives attached to the system.
On the main program screen, there are two windows. In the top window, you will see the drives in your system that are available for testing. The model number, serial number, capacity, and SMART status of each drive will be displayed. In the bottom window, the partition information for the selected drive will be displayed.
answered Oct 31 '17 at 7:14
ChloeChloe
2,465124278
add a comment |
If you have a Western Digital drive, then there is a diagnostics utility to view the SMART status.
https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx#WD_softwarepc
This is a Windows version of the Data LifeGuard Diagnostics. It will test WD internal and external drives. In additional, it can provide you with the model and serial of WD drives attached to the system.
On the main program screen, there are two windows. In the top window, you will see the drives in your system that are available for testing. The model number, serial number, capacity, and SMART status of each drive will be displayed. In the bottom window, the partition information for the selected drive will be displayed.
answered Oct 31 '17 at 7:14
ChloeChloe
2,465124278
If you have a Western Digital drive, then there is a diagnostics utility to view the SMART status.
https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx#WD_softwarepc
This is a Windows version of the Data LifeGuard Diagnostics. It will test WD internal and external drives. In additional, it can provide you with the model and serial of WD drives attached to the system.
On the main program screen, there are two windows. In the top window, you will see the drives in your system that are available for testing. The model number, serial number, capacity, and SMART status of each drive will be displayed. In the bottom window, the partition information for the selected drive will be displayed.
answered Oct 31 '17 at 7:14
ChloeChloe
2,465124278
answered Oct 31 '17 at 7:14
ChloeChloe
2,465124278
answered Oct 31 '17 at 7:14
ChloeChloe
2,465124278
answered Oct 31 '17 at 7:14
ChloeChloe
2,465124278
2,465124278
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You can get yourself Hard 5.25'' hard drive sled enclosure and it will tell you smart status as long as you enable it in BIOS.
Software like WD diagnostic tools gives you same SMART status as hard drive bays give you, enclosures just display SMART status using color coded lights
answered Jan 17 at 14:46
user241367user241367
1
add a comment |
You can get yourself Hard 5.25'' hard drive sled enclosure and it will tell you smart status as long as you enable it in BIOS.
Software like WD diagnostic tools gives you same SMART status as hard drive bays give you, enclosures just display SMART status using color coded lights
answered Jan 17 at 14:46
user241367user241367
1
add a comment |
You can get yourself Hard 5.25'' hard drive sled enclosure and it will tell you smart status as long as you enable it in BIOS.
Software like WD diagnostic tools gives you same SMART status as hard drive bays give you, enclosures just display SMART status using color coded lights
answered Jan 17 at 14:46
user241367user241367
1
You can get yourself Hard 5.25'' hard drive sled enclosure and it will tell you smart status as long as you enable it in BIOS.
Software like WD diagnostic tools gives you same SMART status as hard drive bays give you, enclosures just display SMART status using color coded lights
answered Jan 17 at 14:46
user241367user241367
1
answered Jan 17 at 14:46
user241367user241367
1
answered Jan 17 at 14:46
user241367user241367
1
answered Jan 17 at 14:46
user241367user241367
1
1
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If you have an Intel drive, then you can use Intel® SSD Toolbox. On the updside, you don't need third party software or drivers (assuming you trust Intel).
Unfortunately, it appears the pages for the toolbox and the search functionality, are broken so you can't find it by searching Intel's site either. You can't even search for it by item number 18455 or 80097.
edited Jul 31 '16 at 3:39
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113k44217371
answered Feb 22 '16 at 6:59
jwwjww
4,3582478146
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If you have an Intel drive, then you can use Intel® SSD Toolbox. On the updside, you don't need third party software or drivers (assuming you trust Intel).
Unfortunately, it appears the pages for the toolbox and the search functionality, are broken so you can't find it by searching Intel's site either. You can't even search for it by item number 18455 or 80097.
edited Jul 31 '16 at 3:39
Journeyman Geek♦
113k44217371
answered Feb 22 '16 at 6:59
jwwjww
4,3582478146
add a comment |
If you have an Intel drive, then you can use Intel® SSD Toolbox. On the updside, you don't need third party software or drivers (assuming you trust Intel).
Unfortunately, it appears the pages for the toolbox and the search functionality, are broken so you can't find it by searching Intel's site either. You can't even search for it by item number 18455 or 80097.
edited Jul 31 '16 at 3:39
Journeyman Geek♦
113k44217371
answered Feb 22 '16 at 6:59
jwwjww
4,3582478146
If you have an Intel drive, then you can use Intel® SSD Toolbox. On the updside, you don't need third party software or drivers (assuming you trust Intel).
Unfortunately, it appears the pages for the toolbox and the search functionality, are broken so you can't find it by searching Intel's site either. You can't even search for it by item number 18455 or 80097.
edited Jul 31 '16 at 3:39
Journeyman Geek♦
113k44217371
answered Feb 22 '16 at 6:59
jwwjww
4,3582478146
edited Jul 31 '16 at 3:39
Journeyman Geek♦
113k44217371
edited Jul 31 '16 at 3:39
Journeyman Geek♦
113k44217371
edited Jul 31 '16 at 3:39
Journeyman Geek♦
113k44217371
113k44217371
answered Feb 22 '16 at 6:59
jwwjww
4,3582478146
answered Feb 22 '16 at 6:59
jwwjww
4,3582478146
answered Feb 22 '16 at 6:59
jwwjww
4,3582478146
4,3582478146
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possible duplicate of When to stop using a HDD? What rules/software apply?
– Tom Wijsman
Oct 10 '10 at 19:51
crystaldisk, gsmartcontrol
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Sep 14 '16 at 0:02
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cmd -> wmic diskdrive get status
– Wiffzack
Feb 8 '17 at 15:52