Thread: Does use Calibre on External Drive like HDD make it fail much sooner ?
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Old 06-06-2022, 09:28 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by PeterT View Post
I'm not sure if all external drives support SMART access

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A lot of programs have trouble fetching S.M.A.R.T. info over a USB connection; CrystalDiskInfo is one of them from my experience. I've heard smartmontools works but I haven't used it myself.

EDIT: I believe the manufacturer-provided software (WD Data Lifeguard or SeaTools for Western Digital and Seagate, respectively) should also work.
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