Adding S.M.A.R.T. response

steveho1t

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I just built a computer and am relatively new to S.M.A.R.T response technology. After reading a very in depth article on it I decided when building said computer I would have both SSD and HDD for the added benefits. However, being somewhat of an amateur at this I did not enable RAID and have already set up my OS on the SSD and am unable to use S.M.A.R.T. response. Can I back up my computer and enable it after a system recovery? What would be my steps to ensure that I could enable this feature and restore my computer with the data that is on it currently as I do not want to lose it being that I am in school and have several important papers on it. Thanks to anyone with helpful info.