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# General

Check SMART status at startup

Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology tracks the status of the computer hard disks and help foresee a drive failure before it happens.

Use secure delete

When enabled files are overwritten three times (first with the byte pattern 0xff and then 0x00, and then 0xff again) before they are deleted.

Display confirmation dialogs

Confirmation dialogues provides an extra step to prevent unintended events.

Automatically check for updates

When enabled Cocktail will ensure that you have the latest version of Cocktail. Cocktail can only check for new versions when connected to the Internet.

Online information

- S.M.A.R.T by Wikipedia.