--- title: "SMART Stats for Your SSD and HDD on Linux, macOS and Windows — Nick Janetakis" url: https://daily.dev/posts/smart-stats-for-your-ssd-and-hdd-on-linux-macos-and-windows-nick-janetakis-gs4xpa1vv source_url: https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/smart-stats-for-your-ssd-and-hdd-on-linux-macos-and-windows type: article source: "Nick Janetakis" published: 2026-07-28T12:11:21.258Z updated: 2026-07-28T12:11:43.838Z tags: ["linux"] reading_time: 17 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SMART Stats for Your SSD and HDD on Linux, macOS and Windows — Nick Janetakis **[Nick Janetakis](https://daily.dev/sources/nickjanetakis)** · 17 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical guide to checking SSD and HDD health using SMART statistics across Linux, macOS, and Windows. Covers installing and using Smartmontools (smartctl) on Linux/macOS and CrystalDiskInfo on Windows. Explains how to identify disk device paths, enable SMART support, run basic health checks, and interpret key attributes including percent lifetime remaining, power-on hours, power cycle count, temperature readings, error counts, and total bytes written. Includes annotated real-world output from a 2014 Crucial SSD and WD HDD with explanations of what each metric means and when to be concerned. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Your SSD is quietly telling you when it's dying, but Windows hides the warning signs](https://daily.dev/posts/your-ssd-is-quietly-telling-you-when-it-s-dying-but-windows-hides-the-warning-signs-suazdr3s5) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I learned my 3-year-old SSD was dying the hard way, and the health percentage never warned me](https://daily.dev/posts/i-learned-my-3-year-old-ssd-was-dying-the-hard-way-and-the-health-percentage-never-warned-me-2gcyblfp0) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Your SSD has a hidden lifespan counter, and most people ignore it until it's too late](https://daily.dev/posts/your-ssd-has-a-hidden-lifespan-counter-and-most-people-ignore-it-until-it-s-too-late-1swyseyvm) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/smart-stats-for-your-ssd-and-hdd-on-linux-macos-and-windows-nick-janetakis-gs4xpa1vv)