Is there any software that can read and display SMART attributes under Windows 9x ? \ VOGONS

Is there any software that can read and display SMART attributes under Windows 9x ?

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First post, by darry

Posted on 2020-05-09, 01:53

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Basically, as the subject says . I tried a recent build of smartmontools and it actually ran under Windows 98SE, but can find no drives .
Maybe somebody can suggest a specific older version of smartmontools that works under Windows 9x or something else entirely ?

Before anyone asks, the drive is a Samsung 860EVO SSD currently on an ICH2's IDE port (through an adapter) under Windows 98 SE . Smartmontools under Linux has no trouble reading said SMART attributes on that setup, so it's not a controller/adapter incompatibility . The driver currently is the Windows default driver (with BHDD31 patched ESDI506.PDR , maybe that's an issue) . I tried with the Promise version of smartvsd.vxd (left over from previous controller) and Windows 98 SE native one (restored via System File Checker) .

Reply 1 of 7, by chrismeyer6

Posted on 2020-05-09, 01:57

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Give speedfan a try the older versions support 9x and read smart data

Reply 2 of 7, by darry

Posted on 2020-05-09, 01:59

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2020-05-09, 01:57:

Give speedfan a try the older versions support 9x and read smart data

Cool, thanks !

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Posted on 2020-05-09, 02:03

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Your welcome best of luck with your project.

Reply 4 of 7, by darry

Posted on 2020-05-09, 03:26

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2020-05-09, 02:03:

Your welcome best of luck with your project.

It works perfectly, thank again . Obviously, there are some attributes it does not know about (displays as unknown attribute, but still shows the values, which is fine), but I can't blame software from 15 years ago for not predicting the future. 😀

Reply 5 of 7, by chrismeyer6

Posted on 2020-05-09, 03:40

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Excellent glad to hear you got it working.

Reply 6 of 7, by red-ray

Posted on 2020-05-09, 08:31

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darry wrote on 2020-05-09, 03:26:

Obviously, there are some attributes it does not know about (displays as unknown attribute, but still shows the values, which is fine), but I can't blame software from 15 years ago for not predicting the future. 😀

The current version of my SIV utility should report all the SMART attributes on all of Windows 9x/NT/2K/XP and later. If any attributes are unknown it should be easy enough to adjust things.

Reply 7 of 7, by computerguy08

Posted on 2020-05-10, 19:21

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Hard Disk Sentinel works well under Windows 98SE, it will display SMART values for most IDE / SATA storage devices.

There is also a DOS version with limited functionality.

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