diff --git a/hwmonDaemon.py b/hwmonDaemon.py
index da8bcf8..90ff224 100644
--- a/hwmonDaemon.py
+++ b/hwmonDaemon.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import os, sys, json, requests, psutil, socket, subprocess, logging, argparse, urllib.request
+import os, sys, json, requests, psutil, socket, subprocess, logging, argparse, urllib.request, re
 from typing import Dict, Any, List
 
 # Create a logger
@@ -236,15 +236,24 @@ class SystemHealthMonitor:
 
         return issues
         
+    def _is_physical_disk(self, device_path):
+        """
+        Check if the device is a physical SATA or NVMe disk.
+        
+        :param device_path: Path to the device
+        :return: Boolean indicating if it's a physical disk
+        """
+        return bool(re.match(r'/dev/(sd[a-z]|nvme\d+n\d+)', device_path))
+
     def _check_drives_health(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """
-        Check overall health of drives including disk usage and SMART status.
+        Check overall health of physical SATA and NVMe drives including disk usage and SMART status.
 
         :return: Combined health report of all drives and their status.
         """
         drives_health = {'overall_status': 'NORMAL', 'drives': []}
         try:
-            partitions = psutil.disk_partitions()
+            partitions = [p for p in psutil.disk_partitions() if self._is_physical_disk(p.device)]
             overall_status = 'NORMAL'
             for partition in partitions:
                 drive_report = {