1
00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:06,120
don't you wish more things in life would let you know when they are about to go

2
00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:11,799
bad like the vegetables in the back of your fridge or that relationship that

3
00:00:08,679 --> 00:00:14,040
you feel a little uneasy about well

4
00:00:11,799 --> 00:00:18,680
fortunately most modern hard drives and ssds are smart enough to tell you if

5
00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:23,680
they're at risk of dying with a tool called self-monitoring analysis and

6
00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:27,679
Reporting technology or smart pun intended you can think of smart a little

7
00:00:25,599 --> 00:00:32,520
bit like those new fangled information systems in modern cars just as let you

8
00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:36,800
know if your tire pressure is low or if your engine is overheating smart

9
00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:41,640
monitors a number of different potential problem areas that could indicate that

10
00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:43,640
your drive is about to fail but why just

11
00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:48,079
dis drives why isn't there smart like features for graphics cards motherboards

12
00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:52,600
and even memory well when these components fail you can usually just

13
00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:57,640
replace them then chug along as usual but when a dis Drive fails a common

14
00:00:55,079 --> 00:01:02,960
consequence is data loss so if you don't have a backup all those family photos

15
00:01:00,079 --> 00:01:07,040
and save games might be gone for good so how does Smart know when your drive

16
00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:10,759
might be on its last legs well smart can keep track of over 80 different

17
00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:15,119
attributes that tie into drive reliability everything from how long it

18
00:01:12,799 --> 00:01:21,840
takes your drive to spin up that's 0 to 7200 RPM to read write errors vibration

19
00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:26,840
levels temperature data throughput how many bad sectors have been relocated to

20
00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:33,159
Elsewhere on the disc uncorrectable errors wear leveling and right Cycles if

21
00:01:29,479 --> 00:01:35,320
you have an SSD and lots more well that

22
00:01:33,159 --> 00:01:39,479
sounds great Luke but how do I even know if smart is saying anything about my

23
00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:43,560
drive the packaging didn't even say anything about smart at all and I can't

24
00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:47,560
find anything anywhere in Windows well Windows actually does have rudimentary

25
00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:52,840
smart support baked in to check it out open up a command prompt window and type

26
00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:57,079
these commands if it says status okay then smart hasn't detected any problems

27
00:01:55,040 --> 00:02:02,320
but if there are any issues you'll get a different message there are also plenty

28
00:01:59,479 --> 00:02:07,079
of both free and paid third-party disc utilities with smart support that are

29
00:02:04,719 --> 00:02:11,680
not only more userfriendly but can give you a lot more detail as well as

30
00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:16,400
realtime warnings as soon as smart thinks something is a Miss but for all

31
00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:20,720
the things that smart can keep track of it still isn't perfect a recent study

32
00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:25,560
from the cloud storage concern back Blaze found that failed drives showed a

33
00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:30,480
smart error in one of five crucial attributes only 77% of the time and

34
00:02:28,519 --> 00:02:34,440
while that isn't a low number by any means it does show that there's a

35
00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:39,080
significant possibility that smart might not alert you if your drive is in fact

36
00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:43,480
dying that doesn't mean that smart is useless but it does mean that you should

37
00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:47,920
pay attention and be alert to your drive behaving in any weird ways whether you

38
00:02:45,599 --> 00:02:52,519
suddenly start getting disc errors or the drive starts making disconcerning

39
00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:57,480
noises so basically you should be using Smart in addition to your own vigilance

40
00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:02,440
but if smart does find something you'll probably want to make sure that you have

41
00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:04,280
some kind of backup right away as 23% of

42
00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:08,480
the failed drives that did indicate errors in back Blaze's study only

43
00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:13,159
reported one error before they went kaput so have a contingency plan in

44
00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:17,920
place it's the smart thing to do Squarespace is the simple powerful

45
00:03:15,959 --> 00:03:22,799
and beautiful website building and hosting tool that has 24/7 live chat and

46
00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:27,239
email support if you have any problems and only cost $12 a month and if you buy

47
00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:30,920
it for a year you get a free domain thrown in as well they have responsive

48
00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:35,080
design on all of their templates so that your website will look great on any

49
00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:38,920
device they have Commerce modules that come with every website where you can

50
00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:41,920
just host a store and sell your own stuff and they even have cover page

51
00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:46,920
features if you just want one of those new fangled fancy onepage websites and

52
00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:51,480
they have a new beta right now where they have PayPal integration with your

53
00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:55,120
Squarespace store making payments easier for both you and your customers feel

54
00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:58,720
free to start a trial with no credit card required and start building your

55
00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:02,680
own website today and when you do sign up for Squarespace make sure you use

56
00:04:00,319 --> 00:04:05,720
offer code Techquickie to get 10% off your first purchase all right guys if

57
00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:09,400
you liked this video like it if you disliked it dislike it get subscribed

58
00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:13,360
check out Channel Super Fun cuz that's super cool and down below if you have

59
00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:16,959
suggestions for other Technologies or various videos that we should do let us

60
00:04:15,439 --> 00:04:20,400
know in the comments down below I will see you guys next time