Hard Disk SMART Command Failed - Reason and Fix

Yesterday night I saw one interesting error in my computer. It is like I cannot boot my computer properly and instead of OS window I am stuck in an error page. It says hard disk smart command failed and the only key which work is tab key. First of all I just confused in the situation like even if I reboot my computer ,I am going back to the same error page "hard disk smart command failed ". I started counting the possible reasons for this particular error. The major possibilities came in my mind were :

1. Hard disk failure

2. BIOS / Mother board issue

In the error page I am getting an alert like press Del to enter BIOS. But pressing Delete button was not working. So I decided to check the hard drive ,so I opened the cabinet and disconnect power and Bus from the hard drive. Then I reconnect it. Surprisingly my computer started work again and no more smart command failure message. Then after I started checking the actual reason for this hard disk smart command failed error message and the possible solutions of this error message. By going through different message boards I got an over all idea of this error message.

hard disk S.M.A.R.T command failed - Possible reasons and solutions

The main reason for this error message is hard disk failure and when the SMART BIOS feature detect this issue we will get the hard disk smart command failed error message.

SMART stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology for monitoring the hard drive for any kind of malfunctioning. If S.M.A.R.T detect any problems with computer hard disk it will return the hard disk smart command failed error message.

solutions for hard disk smart command failed error message

The permanent solution for hard disk smart command failed error message is replace your hard disk with a new one. But there are some other workarounds for this error. They are:

1. Disable S.M.A.R.T feature in BIOS

It will avoid the chance of detecting the computer hard disk failures and you will not get any more SMART error message. We know it is not a perfect solution for long term.

2. Disconnect the power and Bus of hard disk and reconnect

It will let you reboot your computer without any issue and back to booting menu.

3. Regular Hard Disk recovery methods

It is recommended to perform any kind of hard disk recovery steps like de-fragmentation for fixing the errors of your computer hard disk.

Currently no more solutions I found. If I found any more I will add it here.

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