Note the S.M.A.R.T. status of your system drive

Here are a few programs that will allow you to see the current S.M.A.R.T. status of your drive(s):

1. HD Tune (simple display) - highly recommended

2. Belarc Advisor (simple display)

3. SMART Explorer (advanced display)

4. SpeedFan (advanced display)

5. DTemp (advanced display, but easy to use)

6. SMARTUDM for MS-DOS (advanced display and technician-oriented)

Consult the documentation that comes with each program for more information. Also visit the S.M.A.R.T. Wikipedia entry.

There is also a wide variety of software available on S.M.A.R.T. Site