At the time of your hard disk healthy or have symptoms of pain, may you know with the tools contained in the CHIP-DVD named Smartmon with G Smart Control display. In Windows Vista and Windows 7, run the tools with administrator rights in the context menu "Run as administrator".
After loading, check first if your hard disk supports SMART feature. I click the hard disk that is displayed and then click the "More". Check in front of "Enable SMART". If the function can not be activated, enter the BIOS and activate there.
If the analysis function on the hard disk, so you click the hard disk icon and tab "Identity" will appear new status. You can see the model name, firmware, and hardware serial number. However, the important thing is the entry "Overall health self-assessment test: passed".
After loading, check first if your hard disk supports SMART feature. I click the hard disk that is displayed and then click the "More". Check in front of "Enable SMART". If the function can not be activated, enter the BIOS and activate there.
If the analysis function on the hard disk, so you click the hard disk icon and tab "Identity" will appear new status. You can see the model name, firmware, and hardware serial number. However, the important thing is the entry "Overall health self-assessment test: passed".
If not listed "Passed" and will display an error report, was a backup of your data before continuing the test because most likely your hard disk problems.
If the column is empty, run a quick test by selecting "Short Self test" in the menu "Perform Test | Test type ", then click "Execute". Diagnosis should be ended completely by displaying the message "Completed without errors".
Now is the time to do a thorough analysis to determine the condition of the hard disk in detail. Click the "Extended Self-Test" under the menu "Test Type". The duration of the analysis depending on size of your hard disk. At 500 GB hard disk, the process of analysis took about two hours
