| How to Check Hard Drive Health?
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| | monitor the hard drive temperature.
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| As told by every one that, we never know
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| | You can set the warning temperature &
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| that when would our hard drive fail!
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| | shut down temperature. If the temperature
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| However this is not true, we actually do
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| | of your hard drive reaches the preset
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| not know this because we don't want to
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| | warning temperature value then the
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| know it! We have taken our hard drive as
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| | software will give you the alert
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| taken for granted. Today there are many
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| | messages. And if it attains the shut down
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| tools present in the market which can
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| | temperature then system will
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| easily act as shield for your drive and
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| | automatically shut down.
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| provide early information about the
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| | According to me this is very important
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| hidden problem of your hard drive.
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| | tool, because you come to know about the
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| Let me ask you some basic question:
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| | temperature of your drive. Usually
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| Which processor you are using?
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| | temperature doesn't go above a limit,
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| Which is the speed of the processor?
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| | however if it goes that means that there
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| What is the size of the RAM?
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| | is some problem with your drive and you
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| I am sure most of you would have answered
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| | better start taking backups of your
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| them, lets me ask some other question.
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| | important file Or get you drive properly
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| What is your hard Drive Version?
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| | diagnosis.
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| What is the ideal temperature of your
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| | Some common hard disk attributes which
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| hard drive?
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| | Stellar Smart makes you aware with are:
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| How many Bad Sectors are there in your
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| | Raw Read Error Rate
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| hard drive?
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| | Indicates the rate at which read retries
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| So, how many questions are answered? You
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| | is requested. Lower values indicate that
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| must be thinking that there is no need to
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| | there is a problem with either the disk
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| know all these, I would say that you are
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| | surface or the read/write heads.
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| right, till your hard drive doesn't
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| | Spin Up Time
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| crash. It's better to start taking care
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| | Describes the amount of time it takes to
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| of our Hard Drive Health. From my past
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| | spin the disk platters up to their rated
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| experience I would suggest Stellar Smart
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| | rotation speed (usually 5400 or 7200
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| is a very good Hard Drive Monitor Tool.
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| | Revolutions per minute). Values above 80
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| You can download the demo version from
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| | should be considered good. Values between
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| here You can also try other software
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| | 70 and 80 are acceptable.
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| present in the market. As I have used the
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| | Start/Stop Count
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| above mentioned software, I would be
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| | Indicates the total number of drive start
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| using this software to make you know how
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| | stop cycles (including both power on/off
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| to become the doctor of your hard drive.
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| | switching and suspend/wakeup switching).
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| Now let's give little time to our hard
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| | Reallocated Sectors Count:
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| drive as this little time can save us
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| | Indicates the amount of the spare sector
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| from losing all our critical data.
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| | pool that is available. Spare sectors are
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| Stellar Smart gives you the basic
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| | used to replace sectors that become bad
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| information about your hard drive, like
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| | for some reason. A value of 100 means
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| • Hard Drive Version
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| | that no sectors have been replaced so far
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| • SMART Feature (Self-Monitoring
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| | and a value of 1 means that spare sectors
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| Analysis and Reporting Technology)
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| | have been exhausted due to many
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| • Model Number
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| | replacements.
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| • Serial Number
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| | Power On Hours Count:
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| • Firmware Revision
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| | Indicates how long the disk was working
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| Other Advanced Information about your
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| | (powered on).
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| hard drive:
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| | Spin Retry Count:
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| • Total Sectors
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| | Indicates the number of times the disk
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| • Number of Cylinders
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| | was unable to spin its platters up on the
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| • Number of heads
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| | first attempt (lower values mean more
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| • Total Sector per Track
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| | retries).
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| • Disk Size
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| | Temperature:
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| • Physical Buffer Size
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| | Indicates the temperature of disks
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| These information are basic information
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| | equipped with thermal sensors.
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| of your hard drive which you normally do
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| | Ultra ATA CRC Error Count:
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| not require it however, sometimes knowing
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| | The UDMA controller performs error
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| this information can help you in solving
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| | checking on the data it receives from the
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| other issues related to your hard drive.
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| | Hard Disk, ensuring that the data was not
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| Bad Sectors in your hard Drive
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| | damaged while being transmitted over the
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| Knowing the bad sector in your hard drive
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| | cable. Each time an error is detected,
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| is very important is really important, by
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| | the controller requests a retransmission,
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| checking the amount of Bad sector you can
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| | thus slowing down the overall transfer
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| conclude how much vulnerable your drive
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| | speed. Lower values of 'Ultra ATA CRC
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| is..
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| | Error Count' correspond to a higher
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| Stellar Smart: Scan Hard disk
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| | number of errors, usually indicating a
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| This feature helps you to know the number
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| | cabling problem
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| of bad sectors in your hard drive, if you
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| | Write Error Count:
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| find lots of Bad sector, then better take
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| | Indicates the rate at which write retries
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| the backup and change your hard drive.
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| | are requested. Lower values indicate that
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| Monitor your hard drive temperature
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| | there is a problem with either the disk
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| High temperature can harm your hard drive
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| | surface or the read/write heads.
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| so you should always monitor your hard
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| | Recalibration Retries:
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| drive temperature, or you can set some
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| | Indicates the number of times
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| temperature such that you're your hard
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| | recalibration was requested. A low value
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| temp goes above it, you receive an alarm
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| | (multiple recalibration) usually
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| for that. Some times dust enters the hard
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| | indicates some head positioning problem.
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| drive motor and hinders the motor to run
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| | I am sure all these information about you
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| smoothly and the temperature rises and
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| | hard drive will help you to identify the
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| this can lead to hard drive failure.
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| | basic problem with your drive and you can
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| However if you are using some temperature
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| | save your self from losing your important
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| alert then you can save yourself from
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| | data. However if you loose your critical
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| losing data.
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| | data you can try some data recovery
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| Stellar Smart provide an option to
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| | software or data recovery service.
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