Get a graphical interface to smartctl, part of Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology. Get device overview, including temperature, last test result, overall health, and bad sectors. View an optional icon into the tray area for each fixed device. Export smartctl output into a specified folder, monitor virtual devices loaded from a shared smartctl output, perform self-test and view their results.
S.M.A.R.T. stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology. This is a monitoring system designed for hard drives and is meant to warn the user when hard disk failure is imminent. Most modern hard disks incorporate this technology and continuously update statistical data internally. To be able to see and use this information, you can use software like HDD Guardian.
This program offers a complete set of tools to help you use S.M.A.R.T. data. Besides live monitoring of that data, it offers advanced information about your disks. It can also run tests for more accurate reports and enable or disable certain features on your devices.
The application’s interface is attractive and easy to use. However, understanding the reported data requires some experience and knowledge. There are no tips or offline help files that explain how to interpret the information. However, online help is available on the developer’s site but it’s centered around the application itself so if you want to learn how to interpret data, you will have to research it yourself.
In conclusion, this is a well-made S.M.A.R.T. data analysis tool, intended for more advanced users.
v0.7.1 [Aug 6, 2016]
- Now is required administration rights to run HDD Guardian.
- Added an initial support for Cherry Trail base boards.
- Added hardware details in System page;
added on System page, when selected a logical drive, the possibility to run drive benchmarks.
- Introduced the reliability system also for SCSI devices.
- Now is possible to track also SCSI parameters.
- Modified ATA ans SCSI errors log layout.
- Modified SMART attributes table layout.
- Side panel displays, for non RAID volumes, also the letters associated to the drive.
- It is possible to set a custom device image.
- Restore APM that some HGST models lost when system is powered off.
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