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To view the S.M.A.R.T. information of a HDD: 
1.  From the menu toolbar, click Storage Management >  S.M.A.R.T. Settings. 
2.  Select the HDD whose data you want to see. A detail listing of S.M.A.R.T. information is 
displayed. 
 
3.  If you want to continue to use a HDD when the S.M.A.R.T. test has failed, check the box 
Use when the disk has failed to self-evaluate. Click Apply to save the settings. 
4.  Click Exit to return to live view. 
Bad sector detection 
You can improve the performance of your HDDs by ensuring that they have no bad sectors. 
Bad sectors can slow down an HDD when reading or writing data, for example.