![]() SMART Utility is different from other drive utilities, such as Disk Utility, which only read the overall SMART Status. SMART Utility also allows running a drive’s built in self test, which can also indicate malfunctions on the drive. ![]() This allows time to hopefully backup, and then replace the drive. SMART Utility can read and display these attributes. The attributes can be used to detect when a hard drive is having mechanical or electrical problems, and can indicate when the hard drive is failing. SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) is a system built into hard drives by their manufacturers to report on various measurements(called attributes) of a hard drive’s operation. SMART Utility is an application to scan the hardware diagnostics system of hard drives.
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