HP SMART test for hard drive

I just need to know how to accesst the HP hard drive diagnostic tool which performs a SMART test.
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See here to perform the SMART test
http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-p6000-Desktop-PC-series/3942799/model/3998968/docume...
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