Apricorn SMART-ER User manual

Apricorn’s SMART-ER utility, for
advanced warning of hard drive failures
Now, thanks to our revolutionary new SMART-ER utility, you’ll
always know if your internal hard drives are working their best – or if
preemptive action needs to be taken to safeguard your valuable data.
By tapping into the S.M.A.R.T. information already built into all modern
IDE and SATA hard drives, SMART-ER monitors each drive’s operational
status, and each volume's free space. Then, if conditions change, the user
is instantly notied by an on-screen or E-mail alert so that corrective action
can be taken before the drive actually starts to fail. For maximum exibility,
users can also run a manual status check at any time. SMART-ER is designed
as a natural extension of the operating system; installs itself as a system tray
utility and works in the background. And it’s the easiest and most reliable way
to keep an eye on the health of your internal hard drives.
So what is S.M.A.R.T.?
S.M.A.R.T. stands for Self Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, and was
developed to give hard drive users an advance warning about possible future
failures. S.M.A.R.T. monitors many aspects of a drive's health status, including
spin-up time, spindle speed variance, seek errors and re-allocated sectors. Each
drive manufacturer sets thresholds for each of these parameters, and when one is
exceeded, a S.M.A.R.T. health status error is reported.
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● Compatible with
S.M.A.R.T hard
drives
●Monitors the
"health" of your
hard drive
● E-mail alerts
● Adjustable
polling period
● Logs all errors and
acknowledgements
● User-dened
free space
setting
● System
tray utility
● SMART-ER
off-line
diagnostic
test
● Pure Win32
API code
● Supports
Windows
NT/2000/2003/
XP / Vista
SMART ERROR REPORTING

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Why every computer needs SMART-ER
If you're interested in keeping your data and hard drives healthy and happy, you'll consider
SMART-ER an indispensable utility. That's because it's always working in the background,
monitoring the status of S.M.A.R.T. equipped hard drives, and automatically commanding the
drive to report any variance from optimal performance--so preemptive intervention can be
taken BEFORE hard drive failures or errors occur.
Once SMART-ER detects any problems in the drive, it notifies the user instantly and gives
a suggested corrective action. This alert is designed so that it can't be ignored until
acknowledged. Plus, a separate e-mail alert can be sent to a system administrator. SMART-
ER resides in your system tray as an icon and changes into a warning symbol if
a failure is detected. It's fully configurable, and if desired lets the user separately
set how often to check disc health status and free space. SMART-ER also has detailed logging
capabilities, so the user or system administrator can document the status of the computer.
When it comes to keeping your valuable data healthy, it's easy to see that SMART-ER is good
medicine.
Features Benets
Compatible with S.M.A.R.T.
Hard Drives
All modern IDE, Ultra ATA and SATA hard drives utilize
S.M.A.R.T. technology,
Monitors the "health" of Your
Hard Drives
SMART-ER analyzes the information gathered by S.M.A.R.T.
and determines hard drive status.
E-mail Alerts Instantly noties a designated person of a potential drive
problem.
Detailed Logging
Capabilities
Logs all errors and acknowledgements, so the user or system
administrator can document the status of the computer.
User-dened Free Space
Setting
You determine how much free space is left before you want
to be alerted, and how often to check the free space status.
System Tray Indicator Offers visual indicator of hard drive status, sits in your system
tray as an icon and changes into a warning symbol if
failure is detected.
SMART-ER Off-Line
Diagnostic Test
Lets you manually run a thorough hard drive status test
anytime.
Pure Win32 API Code Small and efcient system utility, uses minimal system
resources.
Expanded User Support Supports Administrator and Limited User accounts in Windows
Vista/XP/2003/2000/NT.
Fast User Switching Support Supports Fast User Switching in XP and Vista
System Requirements
Hardware Requires an IDE, Ultra ATA and SATA hard drives that utilize
S.M.A.R.T. technology
Operating Systems Supports Vista/XP/2003/2000/NT for Limited Users or
Administrators
Ordering Information Apricorn Part Number: LIC1SMART
SMART ERROR REPORTING