{"id":457,"date":"2021-06-15T20:14:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T20:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.cleverfiles.com\/?p=457"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:33:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:33:44","slug":"monitor-smart-status-disk-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/help\/monitor-smart-status-disk-health\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Monitor S.M.A.R.T. Status (Disk Health) With Disk Drill?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nS.M.A.R.T. is a monitoring system built in computer hard disk drives (HDD), solid-state drives (SSDs), and eMMC drives. S.M.A.R.T. is an abbreviation for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology<\/b>, and sometimes you can see it written simply as SMART. This system’s main function is monitoring the drive’s processes while constantly anticipating an imminent hardware failure. When it does detect a possibility of such a failure, a software integrated with it can warn a user of the host system of potential data loss and help them take action before data goes missing.<\/p>\n

Without a proper integration with a software that can read and process S.M.A.R.T. data, the gathered information is useless. This is where Disk Drill comes in. As one of our completely free data protection features, we offer S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring.<\/p>\n

With S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring turned on, Disk Drill will alert you if any problem is found with your drive that indicates it might fail in the near future. These alerts can help you take action and backup your data before you run into drive failure problems. As we all know, there are many variables that impact file recovery chances<\/a>, so why not take every opportunity to prevent data loss before it happens? Below are some frequently asked questions about S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Setup<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

<\/span>How do I Turn S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring ON?<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

By default, Disk Drill does not monitor your drives for hardware issues. This option should be turned on manually. Whenever you decide you are ready to turn S.M.A.R.T. monitoring on, simply open Disk Drill, in the “Extra tools<\/b>” panel on the left go to \u201cS.M.A.R.T. monitoring<\/b>\u201d. Read about this method and watch the introductory video to know more about it. When ready, click “OK, let’s do it<\/b>” and turn S.M.A.R.T. on with a button at the top of the app window. You’ll then be able to customize additional settings for the monitored drive.<\/p>\n\n

<\/span>How do I Turn S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring OFF?<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

That’s actually as easy as a pie! Simply open the Disk Drill app, go to the “Extra tools<\/b>” panel on the left and select \u201cS.M.A.R.T. monitoring<\/b>\u201d. A panel will appear next to the Extra tools that will show the status of S.M.A.R.T. monitoring as ON with the “Turn off<\/b>” button right there.<\/p>\n\n

<\/span>How do I Turn S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring ON for External Devices in macOS?<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

You may have noticed that in Disk Drill S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring is only activated for your Mac’s internal hard drive by default. There is a way, however, for you to monitor the status of your external drives as well. It involves downloading a free third-party app called SAT SMART Driver<\/a>.
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