Smart Error Fix Automatically with Free Software

What is a smart error

According to the term explaination on wikepedia, S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology; often written as SMART) is a monitoring system included in computer hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs) that detects and reports on various indicators of drive reliability, with the intent of enabling the anticipation of hardware failures.

When S.M.A.R.T. data indicates a possible imminent drive failure, software running on the host system may notify the user so stored data can be copied to another storage device, preventing data loss, and the failing drive can be replaced.

If the smart error appears during the startup of the system, the error message usually shows as failure predicted on the hard disk, and the complementary message is warning an immediate backup of this failing hard drive.

How to fix smart error on hard disk automatically with free software

You may have searched a lot of troubleshooting tutorials on the internet. Do you find it too complicated? Don't push yourself so hard because it's not necessary. You can merely employ two pieces of free tools to repair the smart error all by yourself.

Method 1: Windows hard drive repair utility

As long as you're running Windows operating system, this free hard drive repair utility is available to use. Set it as a prior choice when the smart error occurs.

Step 1: In Windows 7, click "Start" -> "Computer", in Windows 10, click "File Explore". 

Step 2: Right-click on any one partition on the hard disk with SMART failure error.

Step 3: Select "Properties" -> "Tools" and hit "Check now" under the "Error-checking".

Step 4: Enable the "Automatically fix file system errors" and "Scan for and attempt recovery or bad sectors" options.

Step 5: Click on "Start" to begin the process.

Method 2: EaseUS Partition Master Free

Working similarly to the built-in Windows utility, the third-party EaseUS free partition manager is another fascinating hard drive repair software, only requires a manual download.

Just click the download button, you can quickly install this portable small-size software on your PC. And the smart error fix with EaseUS Partition Master Free is even simpler than the former Windows utility.

 

Step 1: Open EaseUS Partition Master on your computer. Then locate the disk, right-click the partition you want to check, and choose "Check File System".

Step 2: In the Check File System window, keep the "Try to fix errors if found" option selected and click "Start".

Step 3: The software will begin checking your partition file system on your disk. When it has completed, click "Finish".

Apart from checking partition feature, do not ignore the other feature called format partition in EaseUS Partition Master, which can also be used to remove the smart error, especially when the error is generated by hard drive corruption issue.