Once you launch the application, you'll notice that the main window enables you to start analyzing your hard disk drive. Moreover, you can skip the whole installation process given that there is also a portable version available that only requires you to unpack an archive and launch an executable. You just need to run the setup package, accept the terms of the End User License Agreement and follow the on-screen instructions provided by the wizard. Effortless installationĭeploying this application to your computer is no rocket science. Luckily for you, there's a wide selection of software solutions such a CrystalDiskInfo that was designed to help you do just that: keep an eye on your hard disk drive's state and also keeping it in good shape. Now if its OLD, and your running low on space - maybe hey grab a deal and update, etc.If you don't really believe in storing things outside of your hard drive, you'd better do anything in your power to preserve its well-being, since if it goes down, it's taking everything on it to the digital grave. As you say its not data worth much, I wouldn't go out and by a new drive just because your seeing a warning. How old is the drive? Shows only about year of power on time, so depending on use drive could be 1 year to 10 years depending, etc.
Now if your hitting threshold on some values there is is need for worry about life of that drive, etc. It comes down to how you interpret the values - I didn't see anything pointing to imminent failure that is for sure. So while one might give you a warning, other might say no the disk is fine. How the smart values are interpreted is up to the maker of said software. Good advice from DavidM is to check it with tools from maker, or even other 3rd party tools that use smart to give you status of the drive. attribute Weight Limit %ġ98 Offline uncorrectable Sectors Count 2 70 attributes affecting the health value with their weights and maximum limits.Īttribute ID S.M.A.R.T. The following table contains the health related (critical) S.M.A.R.T. Ok from a quick perusal of their site and forums, I could not find anything showing how they calculate or use the values from smart to determine if warning, etc.įor example, link I found on the defraggler forums - acronis gives a great overview of they calculate overall health of the drive from the smart valuesĩ264: Acronis Drive Monitor: Disk Health Calculation
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