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The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system for 
HDD to detect and report on various indicators of reliability in the hopes of anticipating failures. 
Step 1 Enter the HDD Detect interface. 
Menu > Maintenance > HDD Detect 
Step 2 Click the S.M.A.R.T. Settings tab to enter the interface. 
Step 3 Select the HDD to view its S.M.A.R.T. information list, as shown in Figure 14-28. 
   
If you want to use the HDD even when the S.M.A.R.T. checking is failed, you can check the 
checkbox before the Continue to use this disk when self-evaluation is failed item. 
 
Figure 14-28 S.M.A.R.T Settings Interface 
14.9  Detecting Bad Sector 
Purpose 
You can detect the bad sector of the HDD to check the status of the HDD. 
Step 1 Enter the HDD Detect interface. 
Menu>HDD>HDD Detect 
Step 2 Click the Bad Sector Detection tab to enter the interface. 
Step 3 Select a HDD and click the Detect button to start detecting.