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From: Yousuf Khan on 16 Feb 2010 19:31
Robin Bignall wrote:
> Another piece of software that will give you a SMART readout is
> Speedfan, even if you use it occasionally only for that purpose, not
> to control/monitor fans. It is free.

Yeah, it does display SMART values, but does not make any sort of
analysis of that data.

Yousuf Khan
From: Rod Speed on 17 Feb 2010 00:10

Sjouke Burry wrote
> Yousuf Khan wrote
>> Robin Bignall wrote

>>> Another piece of software that will give you a SMART readout is Speedfan, even if you use it occasionally only for
>>> that purpose, not to control/monitor fans. It is free.

>> Yeah, it does display SMART values, but does not make any sort of analysis of that data.

> Everest Home edition does.

The purported 'analysis' is completely useless.

It show OK with even the most obvious problems.

A good example is the reallocated sector count
with your second drive, thats much too high.

> Extract from report:
>> [ HDS722580VLAT20 (VNR21EC2T11N3M) ]

>> 01 Raw Read Error Rate 60 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 02 Throughput Performance 50 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 03 Spin Up Time 24 113 113 11600047 OK: Value is normal
>> 04 Start/Stop Count 0 91 91 37210 OK: Always passing
>> 05 Reallocated Sector Count 5 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 07 Seek Error Rate 67 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 08 Seek Time Performance 20 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 09 Power-On Time Count 0 98 98 18847 OK: Always passing
>> 0A Spin Retry Count 60 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 0C Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 1853 OK: Always passing
>> C0 Power-Off Retract Count 50 69 69 37833 OK: Value is normal
>> C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 50 69 69 37833 OK: Value is normal
>> C2 Temperature 0 148 148 17, 37 OK: Always passing
>> C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passing
>> C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passing
>> C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passing
>> C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 200 0 OK: Always passing

>> [ HDS722516VLAT80 (VNR43EC4GMYM6M) ]

>> 01 Raw Read Error Rate 60 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 02 Throughput Performance 50 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 03 Spin Up Time 24 99 99 20185385 OK: Value is normal
>> 04 Start/Stop Count 0 95 95 23580 OK: Always passing
>> 05 Reallocated Sector Count 5 100 100 35 OK: Value is normal
>> 07 Seek Error Rate 67 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 08 Seek Time Performance 20 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 09 Power-On Time Count 0 98 98 18811 OK: Always passing
>> 0A Spin Retry Count 60 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 0C Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 1838 OK: Always passing
>> C0 Power-Off Retract Count 50 81 81 23735 OK: Value is normal
>> C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 50 81 81 23735 OK: Value is normal
>> C2 Temperature 0 177 177 18, 31 OK: Always passing
>> C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 100 100 40 OK: Always passing
>> C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passing
>> C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passing
>> C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 200 0 OK: Always passing


From: Yousuf Khan on 17 Feb 2010 00:44
Sjouke Burry wrote:
> Yousuf Khan wrote:
>> Robin Bignall wrote:
>>> Another piece of software that will give you a SMART readout is
>>> Speedfan, even if you use it occasionally only for that purpose, not
>>> to control/monitor fans. It is free.
>>
>> Yeah, it does display SMART values, but does not make any sort of
>> analysis of that data.
>>
>> Yousuf Khan
> Everest Home edition does.
> Extract from report:
>> [ HDS722580VLAT20 (VNR21EC2T11N3M) ]
>>
>> 01 Raw Read Error Rate 60 100 100
>> 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 02 Throughput Performance 50 100 100
>> 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 03 Spin Up Time 24 113 113
>> 11600047 OK: Value is normal
>> 04 Start/Stop Count 0 91 91
>> 37210 OK: Always passing
>> 05 Reallocated Sector Count 5 100 100
>> 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 07 Seek Error Rate 67 100 100
>> 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 08 Seek Time Performance 20 100 100
>> 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 09 Power-On Time Count 0 98 98
>> 18847 OK: Always passing
>> 0A Spin Retry Count 60 100 100
>> 0 OK: Value is normal
>> 0C Power Cycle Count 0 100 100
>> 1853 OK: Always passing
>> C0 Power-Off Retract Count 50 69 69
>> 37833 OK: Value is normal
>> C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 50 69 69
>> 37833 OK: Value is normal
>> C2 Temperature 0 148 148 17,
>> 37 OK: Always passing
>> C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 100 100
>> 0 OK: Always passing
>> C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 100 100
>> 0 OK: Always passing
>> C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 100 100
>> 0 OK: Always passing
>> C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 200
>> 0 OK: Always passing


That's not the kind of analysis I'm talking about. It needs to be able
to see all of those numbers and come up with an overall health report.
Hard Disk Sentinel can do that.

Yousuf Khan
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