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freddo in reply to @aggi
You can do this in the command line, you don’t need an app
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wmic diskdrive get status
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ectoplasmosis in reply to @freddo

wmic diskdrive get status

...will only give you an ‘OK’ or a very basic error output.

Something like CrystalDiskInfo (there are countless others) will read out all SMART values, which can help shed light on wear/errors that would otherwise be obfuscated by the WMI command.

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