pcpete
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We run gsmartcontrol using pmagic and do a long surface test of the hard drives on just about every computer that we are diagnosing. I am sure you all have come across some systems where pmagic does not run properly. We found a nice method for those systems. So far we have just tested this using the Windows 7 pe 32bit version, but suspect it would work using the windows 8 or 10 32bit uefi pe. All you need to do is boot the system using the command line PE, which boots on everything I have ever tried it with. Then after it is booted, run the exectucable smartctl.exe with the proper options.
to run the test
to read the results
You do need the 32bit version of PE as far as I can tell to properly run the smartctl.exe executable
to run the test
Code:
smartctl.exe -t long c:to read the results
Code:
smartctl.exe -a c: | moreYou do need the 32bit version of PE as far as I can tell to properly run the smartctl.exe executable
