smartctl

• How To: Check Your Hard Drive Health With A Linux LiveCD

  

  04 May 2009 by Dustin Patterson  

  Previously, I wrote a guide on monitoring your drive’s status with S.M.A.R.T. tools from a running system [see Check your HDD's S.M.A.R.T. Status].  Although these programs work well for checking the live status of your hard drive, you may run across a situation where you cannot boot the operating system to access these programs. If you system does not boot, it may be necessary to use a boo...

  Continue Reading

• Subscribe to Techerator

  • Twitter
    Join 281+ followers
  • RSS
    Join 2,500+ subscribers
  • Email
    Get Techerator via Email

  More subscription options »

• Get Techerator in Your Inbox

  Sign up!

• Sponsor

• Popular Posts

  • Evolve Your Living Room with a DLNA HDTV and Windows Media Player

    6 Comments

  • Why I Left LastPass for 1Password

    115 Comments

  • How To: Make a CSS background slideshow with jQuery

    12 Comments

  • How To: Automatically Forward Emails to Multiple Recipients in Gmail

    35 Comments

  • Android Secret: Hidden Android Testing Menu Reveals Detailed Diagnostics

    11 Comments

  • 3 Great Alternatives to Dropbox

    7 Comments

• Recent Posts

  • Skyrim on PS3: Took an arrow to the knee
  • Valve Releases Steam Mobile App for Android and iOS
  • How to create, format and self-publish your own eBook
  • HTML5 and the Future of Mobile Apps and Gaming
  • Super Bowl XLVI: The Year of Connectivity

• Techerator Staff

  • Evan WondrasekFounder, Editor-in-Chief
  • Kate BedrickManaging Editor
  • Dustin PattersonCo-founder, Editor
  • Kevin SchulteEditor
  • Derek JohnsonContributor
  • Kevin IvancaContributor
  • Brian NelsonContributor
  • Bryant SombkeContributor
  • Jake JoraanstadContributor
  • Craig LloydContributor
  • Andrew KalinchukContributor
  • Sophronis MantolesContributor
  • Dave ParrackContributor