Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T capability - benefits / risks ??

[HairyScot]

Are there any major advantages or disadvantages in enabling Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T capability?
My setup is:-
Windows 7 Pro X64.
Processor AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 545 Processor, 3000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processors
MB:GA-MA785GMT-UD2H
HDD: Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166 ATA Device
Seagate ST31000528AS ATA Device

 

[Bill2]

Enabling? Have you disabled smart?

 

[HairyScot]

Enabling? Have you disabled smart?

'Twas never enabled.
Why else would I ask?

 

[Schroff87]

Yes, it is useful in diagnostics. Enable it. No performance loss.

 

[HairyScot]

Yes, it is useful in diagnostics. Enable it. No performance loss.

Thank you for the concise response.

 

[Comp Cmndo]

S.M.A.R.T. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

 

[dustywoodworker]

There must be functionality that my version of HDTune does not provide. I see no way that this application can help me predict when I am going to have a HDD failure.

Is there more to HDTune than this snip reveals?



Is the S.M.A.R.T feature available in Windows 7 Home Premium?

 

[theog]

There must be functionality that my version of HDTune does not provide. I see no way that this application can help me predict when I am going to have a HDD failure.

Is there more to HDTune than this snip reveals?

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Is the S.M.A.R.T feature available in Windows 7 Home Premium?

Do you have smart enable in BIOS? if yes, click on Health.

 

[dustywoodworker]

There must be functionality that my version of HDTune does not provide. I see no way that this application can help me predict when I am going to have a HDD failure.

Is there more to HDTune than this snip reveals?

View attachment 177166

Is the S.M.A.R.T feature available in Windows 7 Home Premium?

Do you have smart enable in BIOS? if yes, click on Health.

Thank you, I am not SMART enough to have checked in the BIOS.

 

[Schroff87]

All you had to do was press "Health" in HDtune. You have used the benchmarking function instead.

 

[dustywoodworker]

All you had to do was press "Health" in HDtune. You have used the benchmarking function instead.

Nope



I suspect that there is another version that I have not loaded.

 

[dustywoodworker]

There must be functionality that my version of HDTune does not provide. I see no way that this application can help me predict when I am going to have a HDD failure.

Is there more to HDTune than this snip reveals?

View attachment 177166

Is the S.M.A.R.T feature available in Windows 7 Home Premium?

Do you have smart enable in BIOS? if yes, click on Health.

I went into the BIOS and enabled SMART. When I rebooted, it failed to start and went into recovery mode.

After the repair action was completed, I am up and running but nothing has changed. Next time I boot, I'll check for the BIOS change BUT I am leaving well enough alone for right now.

Curiosity does kill "the cat and my computer".

 

[Schroff87]

This is what I get. Your problem probably runs deeper than simple SMART, try resetting everything by removing the battery if you're upto it.

 

[pooch]

Just out of interest HDtune does not show me any smart info for my "C" Drive, however it works for all other drives

 

[theog]

Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
HD Diagnostic

 

[Schroff87]

Just out of interest HDtune does not show me any smart info for my "C" Drive, however it works for all other drives

It is showing the data for your SSD in the second screenshot though. Probably due to the older version you are running.

 

[pooch]

Just out of interest HDtune does not show me any smart info for my "C" Drive, however it works for all other drives

It is showing the data for your SSD in the second screenshot though. Probably due to the older version you are running.

there are 2 ssd's

PS it is also the newest free version

 

[Schroff87]

there are 2 ssd's

PS it is also the newest free version

*scratches head*

 

[pooch]

there are 2 ssd's

PS it is also the newest free version

*scratches head*

Yeah that is all I can do as well lol it must be a bug, I just thought that as the OP is using 3 HDD's he may have the same bug.

 

[Schroff87]

How about Speedfan? It can read SMART data too.