Enabling S.M.A.R.T HD Tech Other Vista Discussions Discuss Enabling S.M.A.R.T HD Tech in the Windows Vista forums; Hi All I have a dell laptop..the hd that it came with is S.M.A.R.T Capable but in the bios there is no setting to enable ...

[Mustangman76]

Hi All

I have a dell laptop..the hd that it came with is S.M.A.R.T Capable but in the bios there is no setting to enable it...is there anyway i can enable this...thanks

[joseph]

Hmm, Smart capable, you can try enabling it from your Graphics Card settings, if it could be enabled and disabled there, 60% chance im wrong.


Joseph

[Mustangman76]

hi

why would the settings for the hdd be in the graphics card settings?:O...just woundering....is there anyway i can force it on...with some software...

[felix8406]

Your motherboard’s BIOS may not support the S.M.A.R.T. or Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology feature, but I don’t think that’s necessary a problem. When the feature is available in BIOS and enabled, the BIOS do a post check. If there’s an issue, it gives you a warning that something is not right before it loads the OS. It helps, but you don’t want to wait to turn your PC on just to find out that your HD took a dive. The best way to monitor the hard drive is through the use of software, which you might be able to download from the hard drive manufacture. The program uses the HD S.M.A.R.T. feature to monitor and warn you about any issues before it crash.

[Seansmit17]

Hi, download this tool:

http://www.hddlife.com/eng/download-freeware.html

if it detects your drive and gives you temp info your drive's S.M.A.R.T is on.. theres a 99% chance its on anyway

[Mustangman76]

hi

thats the tool i downloaded but it says there are no smart drives:S...but online it says that it is smart capable...:S

[Seansmit17]

hmm in that case its disabled... right then... somtimes you have to download a program from the HDD'S makers website that usaly runs in dos (stick it on a floopy or a cd and boot from it) and you can enable SMART that way. thats how i had to do it with my old WD drive i had a few years back

[Mustangman76]

hi

but they don`t have a program to do that..its a fuiji..FUJITSU MHV2100AH ATA Device.. thats what it is..

{edit} also i don`t have a floppy drive on my laptop..wish i did tho

[crabby]

As Felix said... you motherboard doesnt support S.M.A.R.T devices. If there is a bios upgrade for your board, that might help. But I really doubt they would have added that functionality.

crabby

[Mustangman76]

Hi

Ive got it to work..i forgot what someone told me on this forum is that for vista to allow a program to access system info u have to run it as admin..so i did that and it poped up with all the info..my HDD is @ 100% health...and it is curently running at 44 C....:P...i should of known....what dell ment is that it coulnd not be supported by the bios....but not the o/s....so now i got it fixed...thanks to all that helped...and for all your time...