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    Accessing SMART on an external harddrive

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Ceraus, Aug 22, 2008.

  1. Ceraus

    Ceraus Notebook Enthusiast

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    Heya!

    I am wondering if there are any programs that can detect the temperatures of an external harddrive? Speedfan doesn't seem to recognize it as a drive and HDD guru said it isn't supported; any help would be greatly appreciated!

    Thanks~
     
    Ceraus, Aug 22, 2008
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    did you try hdtune?

    I think that one will
     
    gerryf19, Aug 22, 2008
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If it is a USB hard drive, there is no way to access that information short of cracking it open and putting it in a desktop.

    eSATA drives should show this information.
     
    Greg, Aug 22, 2008
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    I could have sworn hdtune did it...but then I change harddrives like some people change underwear so I could be confusing different episodes.
     
    gerryf19, Aug 22, 2008
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    Ceraus Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can either FireWire 800 (1394b) or FireWire 400(1394a) do it? or only esata can do it (imma try hdtune for the heck of it)
     
    Ceraus, Aug 22, 2008
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    HDtune does try to read the temp, but its inaccurate.
     
    NAS Ghost, Aug 22, 2008
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    I am not sure about FW. eSATA uses a hard drive's native SATA interface and is just a passthru between the PC and drive, so that's technically the best method to use a hard drive.

    But it reads that from SMART info.
     
    Greg, Aug 22, 2008
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    if all esle fails--pull the drive from the enclosure....
     
    gerryf19, Aug 22, 2008
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