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Page 1: User Guide
USER GUIDE APRICORN’S SMART-ER UTILITY for SMART Error Reporting and Healthy Hard Drives Be alerted to potential problems before your hard drive or system crashes. Ver 2.0... -
Page 2: License Agreement
Copyright 2007. License Agreement The SMART-ER software is licensed, not sold, to you by Apricorn, Inc. for use under the terms of the license. You can read the End User License agreement in full starting on page 16 in this manual or read it from the software installer during the installation process. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Alerts property page............w Logging property page ............. w About property page ............. w How to register your trial version ........w Send e-mail on SMART-ER alert ........w Simulate SMART error ........... w SMART off-Line test ............w Help menu .............. -
Page 4: Introduction
SMART-ER (SMART-Error Reporting) is a utility that monitors the health of your hard drive and can provide timely information that may help you avoid losing your valuable data due to drive failure. The Apricorn SMART- ER utility periodically monitors the health status of a system’s internal hard drive. -
Page 5: Installing Smart-Er
1. Save all unsaved documents in other running application programs and close all programs. 2. If SMART-ER was included for FREE on your Apricorn software CD, from the main menu click on the “Install SMART-ER” button and then on the window with the registration number click on the “Install SMART-ER Software”... - Page 6 When the installation is complete, you will notice a SMART-ER icon in your system tray. Your system tray is located in the lower right- hand corner of your desktop. By pointing your mouse over the SMART-ER icon, you will get a message “SMART-ER status: OK.”...
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Page 7: Smart-Er Overview
Click on the check boxes to enable or disable the option for the selected drive. SMART-ER is not functioning until the enable check box is checked. Furthermore, if you have more than one hard drive on your system, you would need to select each hard drive and enable SMART- ER by checking the box ‘Enable SMART Status Monitoring.’... -
Page 8: Volumes Property Page
Adjust the slider to the desired free space minimum for the selected volume. If the free space on this volume falls below this percentage, SMART-ER will issue an alert. Note: Although smart error reporting is not supported on external hard drives, they will be listed on this page with their Drive letter as a volume and you will be able to monitor their free space. -
Page 9: Alerts Property Page
Alerts Property Page The Alerts property page is used to view and change SMART-ER’s alert options. The polling period for both the S.M.A.R.T. status and free space checks can be set from every 5 minutes to every 8 hours. The default polling period for both is every hour. -
Page 10: Logging Property Page
SMART-ER error log. If you click on the Print button, it will print all error condition alerts and acknowledgments recorded since the error log was last cleared. Note: The log is stored as a file in the SMART-ER directory. -
Page 11: About Property Page
About Property Page The About property page displays information about the SMART-ER program. Click on the Apricorn Website to launch a browser and view more information about SMART-ER and Apricorn’s other products. About Page - Registered Version About Page - Unregistered Version... -
Page 12: How To Register Your Trial Version
SMART-ER. Send E-mails on SMART-ER alerts SMART-ER has a feature that can send out an E-mail if it detects an error condition. To configure these options, click the check boxes to enable sending E-mail on SMART error and free space error. This... -
Page 13: Simulate Smart Error
On the Drives Property Page, you will notice a feature to Simulate a SMART Error. To enable this feature click on the check box and click A window will pop up with a SMART Error Detected (Simulated). The SMART-ER icon in the system tray will change to an error symbol... -
Page 14: Smart Off-Line Test
Also, some drives will abort or suspend the off-line test if the drive is accessed at this time. SMART-ER will restart the test up to 10 times. It is recommended to close all unnecessary programs and processes while it is running. -
Page 15: Uninstalling Smart-Er
Now that SMART-ER utility is closed we can uninstall the program. Uninstall through “All Programs” menu 1. Click on Start / All Programs / Apricorn / SMART-ER / Uninstall SMART-ER 2. A window will pop up with “Are your sure you want to uninstall this program”... -
Page 16: End User License Agreement
Software; or remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Software. All rights not expressly granted by Apricorn under this Agreement are reserved by Apricorn. No support or maintenance shall be provided. NO WARRANTY. The Software and Documentation are provided “AS IS”... - Page 17 JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION. TITLE. Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in and to the Software and Documentation shall at all times remain in Apricorn and/or its suppliers. Apricorn reserves any rights not expressly granted under this Agreement. The Software is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and by international treaties.
- Page 18 Agreement to any third party without first obtaining the express written consent of Apricorn, and any assignment by you without such consent shall be null and void. Apricorn may freely assign this Agreement to any third party. If you have any questions concerning this Agreement,...
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Page 19: Faq's
Click on the About Page. Click on the Purchase Button. After you purchase SMART-ER you will recieve an email with your registration number for SMART-ER. Click on the About Page, click on the Register Button. Enter your registration number here and click <OK>. - Page 20 12191 Kirkham Road Poway, CA, U.S.A. 92064 1-858-513-2000...