Threshold Exceeds Condition

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"Threshold Exceeded Condition" (TEC) is a supposed date when a critical drive statistic attribute will achieves its threshold value. When your Drive Health software reports a "Nearest T.E.C." you should consider it as a "Failure date".

Prognosis of this date is based on the factor "Speed of attribute change"; how many points each month the value is decreasing/increasing. This factor is calculated automatically at any change of S.M.A.R.T. attributes for each attribute individually. Note that TEC dates are not guarantees; hard drives can and will either last much longer or fail much sooner than the date given by a TEC.

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