<# .SYNOPSIS Queries and saves the S.M.A.R.T. data of your HDD's/SSD's .DESCRIPTION Queries the S.M.A.R.T. data of your HDD/SSD's and saves it to the current/given directory. (use smart-data2csv.ps1 to generate a CSV table for analysis). Requires smartctl (smartmontools) and admin rights. For automation copy this script to /etc/cron.daily .PARAMETER Directory Specifies the path to the target directory .EXAMPLE PS> ./query-smart-data .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> #Requires -RunAsAdministrator param([string]$Directory = "") function CheckIfInstalled { try { $null = $(smartctl --version) } catch { write-error "smartctl is not installed - make sure smartmontools are installed" exit 1 } } try { if ($Directory -eq "") { $Directory = "$PWD" } write-output "(1) Checking for 'smartctl'..." CheckIfInstalled write-output "(2) Scanning for S.M.A.R.T. devices..." $Devices = $(smartctl --scan-open) [int]$DevNo = 1 foreach($Device in $Devices) { write-output "(3) Querying data from S.M.A.R.T. device $Device..." $Time = (Get-Date) $Filename = "$Directory/SMART-dev$($DevNo)-$($Time.Year)-$($Time.Month)-$($Time.Day).json" write-output "(4) Saving data to $Filename..." $Cmd = "smartctl --all --json " + $Device Invoke-Expression $Cmd > $Filename $DevNo++ } "✅ Done." exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }