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On a related note, what would be HN readers' preferred HDD SMART monitoring tool for Windows? Back on Linux the GNOME Disks utility did the job adequately but a

On a related note, what would be HN readers' preferred HDD SMART monitoring tool for Windows? Back on Linux the GNOME Disks utility did the job adequately but am now on Windows.

nisa 10y ago
I always used Hard Disk Sentinel - http://www.hdsentinel.com/ http://www.hdsentinel.com/ - might be more than you need but it's a great piece of software.
brainfire 10y ago
What do you want to do exactly? Windows will log and give a pop-up if a disk SMART status indicates it's failing.
- TwoNineA 10y ago
  Google did some tests/research/study a few years back and they noticed that hard drives fail around 40% of the time without showing any signs with SMART attributes. EDIT: Ok, few years = 10. http://storagemojo.com/2007/02/19/googles-disk-failure-experience/ http://storagemojo.com/2007/02/19/googles-disk-failure-exper...
  - brainfire 10y ago
    Fair- matches my experiences (seems to me it only flags a drive at the point where it's physically clicking or otherwise very dead) but they specifically asked for a SMART monitoring tool.
  - rbanffy 10y ago
    That would save about 60% of the settlement costs.