User Manual
DS-72xxHUI-Kx, DS-72xxHQI-Kx Digital Video Recorder (DVR) User Manual 
166  UM DS-72xxHUI-Kx, DS-72xxHQI-Kx 062817NA 
Figure 219, View HDD Status (2) 
12.7 Checking S.M.A.R.T. Information 
The S.M.A.R.T.
(Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology)
is an HDD monitoring system to 
detect 
a
nd report on various reliability indicators in the hopes of anticipating failures.
 1.  Enter the HDD Detect interface, Menu > Maintenance > HDD Detect. 
 2.  Click the S.M.A.R.T. Settings tab to enter the interface. 
 3.  Select the HDD to analyze. 
 4.  Click Test to start analyzing the selected HDD. 
 5.  View the HDD’s S.M.A.R.T. information list once the analysis is complete. 
If you want to use the HDD even if the S.M.A.R.T. checking has 
failed, check the Continue to use this disk when 
self-evaluation is failed checkbox. 
Figure 220, S.M.A.R.T. Settings Interface 
12.8 Detecting Bad Sectors 
You can detect HDD bad sectors. 
 1.  Enter the HDD Detect interface, Menu > HDD > HDD Detect. 
 2.  Click the Bad Sector Detection tab to enter the interface. 
 3.  Select an HDD and click Detect to start detecting. 










