How do i know if my macbook pro hard drive is working properly

hello guys  yes im just curious my  mac is working fine  but im wondering does installing and removing bootcamp can damage the hard drive or turn it off pressing the power bottom? how to take care of the hard drive or what are the signal of a failing hard drive... thanks

Frankiekelly,
whenever possible, use “Shut Down…” from the Apple menu to shut down your Mac, so that the filesystem is not left in an unclean state. Forcing a shutdown by holding down the power button for several seconds should only be done as a last resort, since there is a chance that a disk write could be interrupted by that forced shutdown, and thus leave some area of your disk damaged, either virtually (if a filesystem change is interrupted) or physically (if a drive’s head is in contact with the disk at that precise moment). Neither installing nor removing a Boot Camp partition should damage your drive. Just apply common sense to take care of your drive: don‘t drop it, don’t get it wet, ensure adequate ventilation around your Mac to let its fans do their job, &c.
If you’re curious about the state of your drive, open System Information and select ▼ Hardware → Storage on the left-hand side of the window, and look at the value of the “S.M.A.R.T. Status” of the disk on the right-hand side of the window. If it shows “Verified”, then all is well.

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