Its primary function is to detect and report various indicators of drive reliability with the intent of anticipating imminent hardware failures. In this post, we will show you how to check SMART Failure Predict Status of drives in Command Prompt, PowerShell, and Performance Monitor.
Check SMART Failure Predict Status of Drives in Windows 11/10
You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option. If a hard drive (HDD) is currently in a turned-off state after being idle, it will not show up in this report. Only drives currently turned on and running will show up in this report. 1] To check SMART Failure Predict Status of Drives in Command Prompt, do the following:
Press Windows key + R to invoke the Run dialog.In the Run dialog box, type cmd and then hit Enter to open Command Prompt.In the command prompt window, type the command below and press Enter.
If the PredictFailure of a drive shows as FALSE, then no issues were found with the drive.If the PredictFailure of a drive shows as TRUE, then look up the Reason number for the ID in the table at the end of this post for what it means.
2] To check SMART Failure Predict Status of Drives in PowerShell, do the following:
Press Windows key + X to open Power User Menu.Then press i on the keyboard to launch PowerShell.In the PowerShell console, type in or copy and paste the command below and hit Enter.
If the PredictFailure of a drive shows as FALSE, then no issues were found with the drive.If the PredictFailure of a drive shows as TRUE, then look up the Reason number for the ID in the table at the end of this post for what it means.
3] To check SMART Failure Predict Status of Drives in Performance Monitor, do the following:
Invoke the Run dialog box.In the dialog box, type perfmon and hit Enter to open Performance Monitor.Expand Data Collector Sets, expand System in the left pane of Performance Monitor.Right-click or press and hold on System Diagnostics, and click/tap on Start.
This report will now start collecting data for 60 seconds. It may take up to an additional 60 seconds for the report to be generated.
When the System Diagnostics report has finished generating, expand Reports > System > System Diagnostics in the left pane of Performance Monitor.Under System Diagnostics, click/tap on a report that was created (collected) on this date and time, and expand Disk Checks in the Basic System Checks section under Warnings.
If SMART Predict Failure Check shows FALSE with a value of 0 and Description shows as Passed, then no issues were found with the drive. If SMART Predict Failure Check shows FALSE with a value other than 0, then look up the number for the ID in the table below for what it means. Known ATA S.M.A.R.T. attributes (ID codes): Drives do not support all attribute codes (ID). Some codes are specific to particular drive types (magnetic platter, flash, SSD). Drives may use different codes for the same parameter. If a drive is reported to have a critical status, it is recommended to back up and replace the drive immediately.
Bytes 0-1: Last test result as microseconds to discharge cap, saturates at max value. Test result expected in range 25 <= result <= 5000000, lower indicates specific error code.Bytes 2-3: Minutes since last test, saturates at max value.Bytes 4-5: Lifetime number of tests, not incremented on power cycle, saturates at max value.
Normalized value is set to one on test failure or 11 if the capacitor has been tested in an excessive temperature condition, otherwise 100. That’s it on the 3 ways to check SMART Failure Predict Status of drives in Windows 11/10!
