SMART drive Analysis

[Emiel Wieldraaijer]

Hi Ptrex,

i use his version and i specify the drive but it still checks the floppy drive..

i'm using smart.exe but i prefer to use the WMI version so i don't need the external file..

Thnx

Emiel

[ptrex]

@Emiel Wieldraaijer

I can't simulate the problem because I don't have a floppy around.

What about the script in the first post ?

regards

ptrex

[crzftx]

I intercept COM errors. Chris's version says C: may not be S.M.A.R.T. capable. I couldn't tell if S.M.A.R.T. was hardware or software, but I assume it to be software since my HDD is quite new, but I reformatted it completely once. Can I put the technology back on? I looked for some freeware (for Vista) but didn't find any.

[JustinReno]

I believe SMART is hardware related and guessing your hard drive doesn't support it.

[Emiel Wieldraaijer]

@Ptrex

Also SMART_WMI in the first post scans the floppy.. i use smart.exe instead.. works perfect but is an external program

@crzftx

Indeed some harddisks aren't detected by smart_wmi when you use smart.exe from the first post .. it will work

[photonbuddy]

Just wondering how I would go about using this sort of code to read the temps of my drives vis SMART?

[Emiel Wieldraaijer]

??? see first post .. complete example

[KJohn]

I intercept COM errors. Chris's version says C: may not be S.M.A.R.T. capable. I couldn't tell if S.M.A.R.T. was hardware or software, but I assume it to be software since my HDD is quite new, but I reformatted it completely once. Can I put the technology back on? I looked for some freeware (for Vista) but didn't find any.

S.M.A.R.T stands for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology.. Its hardware based and all new HDDs come with this technology. And its not something you can delete or remove by reformatting, repartitioning, etc.

You can use the S.M.A.R.T analysis tool in the program SpeedFan. Its freeware; I use it in Vista to keep tabs on my laptop's CPU and HDD temperatures.

[photonbuddy]

In my first post there is a link to a commandline tool.

Thry to run this to check of there is data returned.

I am still unable to get this script to work

Have tried both versions that don't use SMART.exe, and both fail.

Using SMART.exe returns information on the drive.

Do you have any pointers on narrowing down what's failing on my system?

[ptrex]

@photonbuddy

Do you have any pointers on narrowing down what's failing on my system?

First of all which version of the script are you running.

What is the Error

What version of AU3 are you using

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Do you expect to get help if not input is given ?

regards,

ptrex

[photonbuddy]

First of all which version of the script are you running.

I tried both, but have been using ChrisL's version.

What is the Error

I get the "C: may not be S.M.A.R.T. Capable" error message.

What version of AU3 are you using

3.2.10.0

The script runs through until the line

If NOT IsArray($strVendorSpecific4) then Return -1;Not a Smart capable drive

Where it returns -1.

I'm running Win2K using Intel's ICH8R chipset.

[ptrex]

Try to comment out every line that has "$strVendorSpecific4" in it.

Run it again and see what happenes.

If it does not run it will stop here for you. Then your drive does not expose the SMART data to WMI.

regards

ptrex

[GEOSoft]

Try to comment out every line that has "$strVendorSpecific4" in it.

Run it again and see what happenes.

If it does not run it will stop here for you. Then your drive does not expose the SMART data to WMI.

regards

ptrex

This script uses WMI and I'm not sure that Win2K came with WMI. He may have to download and install it. For sure it was not included in Win 9x systems.

[photonbuddy]

Try to comment out every line that has "$strVendorSpecific4" in it.

Run it again and see what happenes.

If it does not run it will stop here for you. Then your drive does not expose the SMART data to WMI.

Tried this, and it still fails

These other programs must use something different to get the SMART data.

WMI services are running.

[ptrex]

@photonbuddy

Can you run other scripts that uses WMI correctly on your machine ?

regards

ptrex

[photonbuddy]

Can you run other scripts that uses WMI correctly on your machine ?

Don't think I have run any before. Can you suggest a script I might try?

[ptrex]

@photonbuddy

Here is one : WMI script

regards

ptrex

[photonbuddy]

Here is one : WMI script

This script returns the correct info for my IP and network card, which suggests it is working correctly.

[ptrex]

@photonbuddy

Try to run the script on a different machine.

See if ti works there.

Regards

ptrex

[Emiel Wieldraaijer]

@All,

Does anyone know why the WMI version also checks the diskdrive

Thnx

Emiel