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case-assembler   08-21-2009 at 01:21:00 PM

How can I read out how long a hard disk has been used? I.e. the total number of hours it has been turned on. There is a SMART entry but I don't know how to read it and how to convert SMART values into human-readable time units.

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Bronze Storage badge Paperdoc   08-21-2009 at 04:52:52 PM
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On easy way may be to download and run some diagnostic tools supplied free by the disk's manufacturer. Seagate's Seatools package, for example, has one tool that simply reads all the SMART data and shows it to you in "human" form. WD's Data Lifeguard tools may do the same.

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