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Drive Health Viewer

Complete Device Health Analysis: Drives & Batteries

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The Drive Health Viewer provides comprehensive health analysis for both storage devices and batteries. For drives, it uses SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) to assess HDDs, SSDs, and NVMe drives. For laptops and portable devices, it also analyzes battery health including capacity degradation, cycle count, and estimated remaining lifespan. Boot any device into our PXE environment to run a quick or full health check that collects critical metrics without erasing any data. View detailed reports with overall health scores to help you decide whether to resell, recycle, or securely wipe each device.

New to reading these results? Follow our step-by-step guide to checking drive health with SMART data.

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Under the Hood

How It Works

The system operates through a bootable iPXE environment. Users boot the target device via USB, ISO, or network PXE and select "Drive Health Check" from the menu. Choose between Quick (~5 seconds, SMART attributes only) or Full (~2 minutes, includes self-test) analysis. The tool runs smartctl on all detected drives, collecting key indicators: power-on hours, reallocated sectors, temperature, SSD wear levels, and more. For laptops, battery data is also collected: design vs. current capacity, cycle count, charge status, and temperature. Results are POSTed to itadtools.com with a verification code displayed on screen. Users can claim reports manually, or organizations with API keys have reports automatically associated. Each component receives a health score (0-100) based on weighted analysis of critical attributes.
Capabilities

Key Features

  • Non-destructive analysis (no data erased)
  • Quick (~5 sec) and Full (~2 min) health check modes
  • HDD, SSD, and NVMe drive support with SMART analysis
  • Battery health analysis for laptops (capacity, cycles, wear)
  • Health scores (0-100) for drives and batteries
  • Power-on hours, temperature, and error tracking
  • SSD wear leveling and total bytes written
  • Battery cycle count and capacity degradation tracking
  • Estimated remaining battery lifespan calculation
  • Organization API keys for automatic report association
  • Serial number search and batch report downloads
  • JSON export for integration with other systems
  • Enterprise deployment support with PXE boot
Technology

Tech Stack

iPXE Boot smartctl SMART Analysis Battery Metrics REST API Health Scoring

Quick Facts

Batch Excel processing supported
Export results to spreadsheet
Role-based access control
Usage analytics tracking

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