SMART

http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/IDE.htm

"The SMART (S.M.A.R.T.) hard drive diagnostic program

If your hard disk drive(s) and BIOS support it, you should enable the HDD SMART Capability (setting) in the BIOS.

SMART is an acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.

A hard disk drive with this capability can notify you via message on the screen (or even via a network server if the computer is part of a network) of a problem with the drive, which in many cases will allow the data to be recovered well before a major disk failure. It is not a cure-all for all impending disk failures, but it is well worth enabling.

You do not have to know if your hard disk drives support the feature. Just enable the setting for it in the BIOS, and it will automatically detect and switch the feature on in the drives that are supported. If, say you have two hard disk drives (HDDs), each of which support SMART, you will see a line for each of them saying that the feature has been enabled at start-up, just after the memory count."

Kuten tossa kerrotaan, sen saa päälle Biosista, mikäli bios tukee sitä (osaa käyttää).

On ohjelma, joka vahtii levyn toimintaa ja voi vikatapauksessa ilmoittaa siitä ajoiss, jolloin tiedostot voidaan kenties vielä pelastaa - ennen lopuulista hajoamista.
Löytyy ehkä jostain suomenkielistäkin tietoa. mutta ei juuri tähän hätään.