How to read S.M.A.R.T. attributes in vb ?

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Ive been browsing the WINAPI descriptions, but can't seem to find where the
S.M.A.R.T attributes can be read.
I'm trying to read the current Temperature from a S.M.A.R.T. enabled HDD,
and i would like to do this in VB.NET.
 
Hi,
There was an article about it in VSJ last year I think. I'm pretty sure
that article will be on the web somewhere, though your guess is as good as
mine. What I do recall was that the author implied it was a very imprecise
science and that he only got meaningful information through a process of
trial and error. It's not the smartest thing in the world to use, pardon
the pun ;-)

Cheers,
Alex Clark
 
Ive found an "Old Visual Basic" example on the web, - its seem to base itself
on reading a portion of memory, and then parse it out, However I have not
been successfull in getting the code to run under vb2005.

So I guess i'll keep up the hunt ..........
 
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