S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology), often written as SMART, is a monitoring system included in computer hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), and eMMC drives.

Using smartctl to get SMART status information on your hard drives Your email has been sent Vincent Danen has some tips for using the smartmontools package to obtain important information about the ...

Before attempting any fixes, prioritize backing up your important files and data. You may simply copy the data to an external hard drive. The SMART status bad backup ...

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