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+Partial Copyright (c) Jaap-Willem Dooge (GitHub @DoogeJ), 2016 
+
+Based on source code by Llewellyn Kruger, taken from http://www.know24.net/blog/C+WMI+HDD+SMART+Information.aspx
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