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SMART status for average Joe?
Authored by: Avik on Aug 06, '04 11:25:25AM

As an average Joe user, do you recommend that I use this? Further, if it is about to fail (I've never had that happen to me - knock on brushed metal), what then?



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SMART status for average Joe?
Authored by: extra88 on Aug 06, '04 11:37:42AM

I haven't tried this script yet but everyone should care about the SMART status of their hard drives. The details generally don't matter to most people all that matters is if the disk is "good" or "bad."

If the SMART system warns you, back up your data right away, shut down, and install a replacement drive. There's no reason to play "chicken" with a drive that *will* fail.



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SMART status for average Joe?
Authored by: Reddog on Aug 06, '04 11:29:30PM

Don't make the mistake of thinking that the SMART status check is a substitute for a backup (like I did). I found that my G4 wouldn't boot up several weeks ago and finally ended up buying a new hard drive. It was running fine one morning and DEAD the next :(

I'm still trying to recover the old drive data using Nortons, which is having trouble due to the high number of bad blocks. Yet, a SMART check using DiskWarrior still says everythings OK !!!

Pat



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SMART reporter
Authored by: deggy on Aug 09, '04 08:46:47AM

I use a small app called SMART Reprter which sits in the menu bar and checks the status on a period you determine, so yoou are not just restricted to boot time.

http://homepage.mac.com/julianmayer/



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