Hard drive SMART data - Printable Version

Hard drive SMART data - Printable Version

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Hard drive SMART data - Richard B - 09-20-2014

Can anyone please tell me how I can check the SMART (self test) data on a hard drive with Linux Lite? Lubuntu has a disk utility (possibly called Palimpsest) which does this, as well as being a quick method of checking partitions. It (or something similar) does not seem to be in the standard LL repositories and I can't find any reference in Help. I am probably missing something!

Re: Hard drive SMART data - Valtam - 09-20-2014

Open a terminal and do:

Code:
sudo apt-get install gnome-disk-utility

Re: Hard drive SMART data - Richard B - 09-24-2014

Thanks Valtam. I had searched for SMART and should have looked for S.M.A.R.T.
The utility showed up in the Accessories menu as "Disks". It would seem more logical in System along with "Partition Drives" (gparted), but I realise it comes as it comes. I have used

Code:
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/gnome-disks.desktop

and replaced the Categories line with simply

Code:
Categories=System;

which I reckon puts it in the right menu. I then used Settings/Main Menu/ to move it up above Partition Drives.