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Reading SMART from external drive?

JohnK · 2009-03-18 11:12:36

Anyone know how to read the SMART status from an external drive connected via USB? Its a Samsung and I'm running Vista if that makes any difference. thanks.

18-03-2009 12:12pm

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JohnK

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Anyone know how to read the SMART status from an external drive connected via USB? Its a Samsung and I'm running Vista if that makes any difference.

thanks.

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#2 18-03-2009 12:18pm

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It depends on whether the usb chipset supports it.

Most new ones do.

Just use the same application as you normally would to access it.

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#3 18-03-2009 12:32pm

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Thanks but so far the only apps I can find are a samsung dos based tool, ActiveSMART and DiskCheckup, none of which will see the drive.

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#4 18-03-2009 3:32pm

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What about crystal disk info?

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#5 18-03-2009 3:45pm

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Thanks jmccrohan thats seeing it all right :cool:

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#7 19-03-2009 12:49am

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Thanks Capt'n Midnight thats seeing it too. Its annoying though, both apps say the drives working fine but I can clearly see its not saving files properly

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