Checking your hard disk temperature with hddtemp

Posted on September 14th, 2008

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hddtemp is a utility to read the temperature of hard disk. It only works if the hard disk has a temperature sensor. hddtemp will read Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T) information on your hard disk. hddtemp can work as simple command line tool or as a daemon.

Installation

Before you start the installation process, make sure that you are connected to the internet.

Open your Ubuntu Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), and type ‘sudo apt-get install hddtemp‘.