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Luca

Hello,

I would like to know which is in your opininon the bes util to read
s.m.a.r.t. data from hard disks to see their status and substitute
them before a fatal crash.

Bye

Luca
 
Hello,

I would like to know which is in your opininon the bes util to read
s.m.a.r.t. data from hard disks to see their status and substitute
them before a fatal crash.

Bye

Luca
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HDD Health - full-featured failure-prediction agent

http://www.panterasoft.com/news.html

http://www.panterasoft.com/index.html

September 3, 2003

HDD Health v2.1 Build 159 Beta released

Main features:

* Drive position detection bug fixed
* Zero attribute values in Windows 9x bug fixed
* Extended information export button added
* Some minor bugs fixed


or


PassMark DiskCheckup - Drive monitoring

http://www.passmark.com/products/diskcheckup.htm

http://www.passmark.com/download/index.htm

"Overview:
PassMark DiskCheckup allows the user to monitor the SMART attributes of a
particular hard disk drive.
SMART ( Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology ) is an interface
between a computer's BIOS (basic input/output system) and the computer
hard disk. It is a feature of the Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
(EIDE) technology that controls access to the hard drive. If S.M.A.R.T is
enabled when a computer is set up, the BIOS can receive analytical
information from the hard drive and determine whether to send the user a
warning message about possible future failure of the hard drive.
SMART monitors elements of possible long term drive failure, such as
'Spin Up Time', the number of start/stops, the number of hours powered on
and the temperature.

DiskCheckup displays the current values of the SMART attributes, along
with the Threshold value for that attribute. If any attribute value is
close to or below the threshold, the drive is no longer reliable and
should be replaced.

Note that SMART attributes change slowly over time and are helpful when
diagnosing the life span of a particular drive.

DiskCheckup also displays some additional drive information, such as the
drive serial number, model number, the number of cylinders, tracks, the
sectors per track, etc.

System requirements:
A hard drive and BIOS that supports SMART, plus compatible drivers. Most
recent hard drives are OK but drives connected via SCSI or RAID will not
work.

Windows 9x/Me users may need to manually copy the smartvsd.vxd file into
the <systemroot>\windows\system\iosubsys directory IF this file doesn't
already exist. After the file has copied in successfully, a system
restart will be necessary in order that Windows picks up this new virtual
driver. The file can be found in the zip file below."

or

AIDA

http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php

"File Description:

AIDA32 is a professional system information, diagnostics, and
benchmarking program. It extracts details of all components of the PC and
can display, print, or save it in various formats like HTML, CSV, or XML.
For corporate users, it offers command-line switches, network audit and
audit statistics, remote system information, and network management. "


Regards

Wayne D
 
Luca said:
I would like to know which is in your opininon the bes util to read
s.m.a.r.t. data from hard disks to see their status and substitute
them before a fatal crash.
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I like HD Tune.

"HD Tune is a Hard Disk utility which can be used to measure the performance
or to get important information from the hard disk such as the temperature,
SMART parameters, firmware version, buffer size, etc. "

http://www.hdtune.com/
 
Wayne said:
HDD Health - full-featured failure-prediction agent

http://www.panterasoft.com/news.html

http://www.panterasoft.com/index.html snip

PassMark DiskCheckup - Drive monitoring

http://www.passmark.com/products/diskcheckup.htm

http://www.passmark.com/download/index.htm

"Overview:
PassMark DiskCheckup allows the user to monitor the SMART attributes of a
particular hard disk drive.
SMART ( Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology ) is an interface
between a computer's BIOS (basic input/output system) and the computer
hard disk. It is a feature of the Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
(EIDE) technology that controls access to the hard drive. If S.M.A.R.T is
enabled when a computer is set up, the BIOS can receive analytical
information from the hard drive and determine whether to send the user a
warning message about possible future failure of the hard drive.
SMART monitors elements of possible long term drive failure, such as
'Spin Up Time', the number of start/stops, the number of hours powered on
and the temperature.
snip
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Thanks, Wayne.
Aida I had from before, but Disk Checkup is a keeper. HDD Health is for
XP only.

Mike Sa
 
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