This tutorial shows you how to check the health status, amount of read/written data, temperature, media error, and other useful info of your SSD in Ubuntu.

For Windows, there’s a popular CrystalDiskInfo utility for reading and monitoring HDD/SSD disk status. For those who’re looking for free open-source alternatives for Linux, here are 3 options:

• Option 1: smartctl command line utility.
• Option 2: GSmartControl – Graphical app based on smartctl + GTK3.
• Option 3: QDiskinfo – Qt app with CrystalDiskInfo style user interface.

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