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SelectingAPImodewillswitchtheprogramintoWindowsNativemode.This

willalsoallowUSBdevicestobescanned.Bewarned,however,asSMARTdatacannotbecollectedvia

USBsupport.

API

mode

is

useful

for

drives

that

are

not

detected

during

PIO

mode,

or

for

drives

that

are

jumperdinsuchawaythatonlyWindowscanmountthedriveasaletter,butcannotmountitwhen

connectedtoaddincardsinthesystem.

Next,ifyouClickthebigPCIScanbutton,youwillgetalistinglikethis:

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Theentryhighlightedinblueisthedrivethattheapplicationisrunningoffof.(Toreducefilecorruption,

donttrytoscanrunningdrives).Selectthedriveyouwishtoscanbydoubleclickingitsentryinthelist.

Thisisthedrivepassportscreen.Itdetailsallthereittoknowabouttheharddrivescurrentstate.Some

advancedfeatures

of

ahard

drive

can

also

be

configured

here.

Notice

the

Seek,

Acoustic

management

& BADersectionontheright:

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Thisallowsyoutoaltertheamountofnoiseaharddrivemakeswhilereadingandseekingfordata.In

mostcases,changingthisvaluewillresultineitherhigherorlowerperformance.Forgoodmeasure,

turningoffAcousticmanagemententirelywillresultinthequickestaccesstimesavailabletothedrive.

Alsotakenoteifthedrivehas48bitLBA.Ifthegreenblockontheleftisnotgreen,andthecheckboxin

thelowerrighthandcornerisnotcheckedoff,yourIDE/SATAcontrollermaybeunabletoreaddrives

largerthan137GB.Youcantrytogetitworkingbycheckingoffthe48bitcheckbox,butthereareno

guarantees.

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ThenextimportantfeatureistheSMARTtab.IfyouclickGetSMART,youwillgetsomethinglikethis:

Someoftheseitemswillnotexistonotherdrives.ThisisfromaSATAWesternDigitalDrive.Takenote

oftheIDcolumn,asallSMARTtesterrorsarereportedwiththisID.

#1,4,5,6,10,11,194,196,197,198,199aremostimportant.Theywillallvarybetweendrive

manufacturersandmodels.ForSeagateANDMaxtorharddrives,only#5,11,196,197,198,199willbe

applicable,asthesedrivesreportbothGoodandBadresultsasasingleresult.

Generallyspeaking,ifyourdrivereportsaRawvalueofmorethan1inID#5,196,or199,youhavea

failingdrive.ID#197&198areWindowsgeneratederrors.Afullscanoftheharddrivewillneedtobe

performedinordertofindoutifthedriveisactuallyfailing,orifthefilesystemisfailing.

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ThisistheSMARTtestbox.Itwillallowyoutoperformvarioustests

ontheharddrive,ofwhicharebuiltintotheSMARTmodulesinthefirmwareoftheharddrive.

Generally,youwillonlyneedtoselectthesecondoption,

Itwilltakeapproximately2minutestocompleteascanofthedrive.Once2minuteshavepassed,you

willwanttoclickGetSMARTagain,whichwillrefreshtheSMARTdata,andtellyouofanychanges

thatthetestmayhaveforcethedrivetoreport.

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ThenextmostimportantfeatureistheTeststab,whichofferscompleteharddrivescanning,remapping,

anderasinginasomewhatsimpleinterface.Themajorityofitsfeaturesareconfigurableontheright

handside.

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Inmostcases,selectingRemapfromthebottomright,willbeyourbestchoiceinharddrivetests.

Next,putacheckmarkintheGreenBlockiteminthetolog:box.Thiswillhelpreportpossiblyfailing

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