I recently found a sweet OS X app called SMARTReporter (http://homepage.mac.com/julianmayer/). It sits in the OS X menu bar, and if your hard drive reports a SMART error, it alerts you.
Seeing as I have a lot of important data on the HDDs in my Windows PC as well, I'm looking for a similar app. What I'd like is something that sits in the system tray and will pop up an alert if a hard drive reports an error. It would also be nice if said app was free.
Anyone know of any apps that might fit the bill?
I used this on my PC. It monitors SMART status, fan speed, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Worked well for me.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
Cheers,
The Czar
http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/