Another way to switch which device you are managing partitions on use Device ‣ Select Current Device. On the side pane to the left you can switch between each different drive on the left with the name of each device. If you want to add or remove additional columns showing info about partitions right click on the labels of the columns. To see what flags a partition has use the Flags column. The Column Size shows the size of the entire system while the Used column shows the amount of space used on the drive. The Partition Label column shows the name of the partition. The Mount Point column shows where that partition is mounted. The Type column lets you see which filesystem is on the partition.

You can see your disk usage for each partition graphically with the bars at the top with the shaded in part showing a bar graph as the percentage full of the partition and you can select each partition by left clicking on that section of the bar graph. One important one on spinning discs is to realize if the Reallocated Sectors Count which if nonzero likely means imminent drive failure. The field Overall assessment shows your overall status of the drive.īelow is having a list of the raw values of smart on the drive some of which can be vendor specific or depend on each drive. The Self tests field is for if the drive has completed its self tests. To see how many times your machine has rebooted with the drive look at the Power cycles field. The field Powered on for shows how long your drive has been powered on. The field Bad sectors show how many sectors on your drive are no longer functioning. The field Temperature shows the temperature of your drive but it is bad for it to be too hot. The field Model shows the model number of your particular drive. The field SMART status shows the overall health of your drive or if it has detected any problems. To check the health of your hard drive or solid state drive on the Device ‣ SMART Status or by right clicking on the device in the side pane Smart Status.

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