Good program to check S.M.A.R.T. status?

tomos · 30 Mar 2006 at 14:23

got my new drives today and found the old WD diag prog i used doesnt work as well as i thought.

any good progs to monitor my hard drives smart status?

amdnv · 30 Mar 2006 at 14:28

Constant in windows and warn you of failures > Norton Sytem Works.

http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nsw20065sm.jpg

tomos · 30 Mar 2006 at 15:11

norton? my system screams in terror at the name!

is it still as bloated as it was?

amdnv · 30 Mar 2006 at 15:14

I have no issues with it, but it is NAV that gets the name for resoruce hungry, you want only System Works 2006 (or 2006 premium), you can choose custom install anyhow and uncheck the NAV and only install the Sys Works

tomos · 30 Mar 2006 at 15:45

ah ok. have found active smart and that looks ok, but if you can get a relatively bloatless install of systemworks i'll give it a go

ta mate

jellybeard999 · 30 Mar 2006 at 15:59

speedfan has SMART monitoring ability

amdnv · 30 Mar 2006 at 16:04

Correct, but I like red light on taskbar if it goes bad, lol