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What is S.M.A.R.T.? 09/05/2011 02:55 by ThomasOakes: First answer posted by KeithCorbin at 09/05/2011 02:56

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S.M.A.R.T. (or SMART) is a technology built into recent hard disks. If enabled, it lets the end user query the hard drive about its health and, eventually, performances. The end user (you) can access such info by using some specific software. SpeedFan can query those info for you. SMART reports, for example, if the hard disk has been used for too much time (thus reaching its expected end of life), or if it took too many attempts to start spinning, or even if too many read errors occurred. About every modern hard disk can report its temperature this way. They do have a temperature sensor that might be located inside the enclosure or somewhere outside it.
Please, note that SF might inform you that a reboot is needed in order to support SMART on your PC.
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