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12.7 Checking S.M.A.R.T. Information
Purpose
The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system for HDD to
detect a nd report on various indicators of reliability in the hopes of anticipating failures.
1. Go to Menu > Maintenance > HDD Detect > S.M.A.R.T. Settings.
2. Select the HDD to view its S.M.A.R.T. information list, as shown below.
To use the HDD even when the S.M.A.R.T. checking has failed, check the Continue to use this disk
when self-evaluation is failed checkbox.
Figure 12-18 S.M.A.R.T. Settings Interface
12.8 Detecting Bad Sectors
Purpose
You can detect the bad HDD sectors to determine the HDD status.
1. Go to Menu > Maintenance > HDD Detect > Bad Sector Detection.
2. Select an HDD, and click Detect to start detecting.