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agua-moose:
cool, thanks :)

dcys02647:

--- Quote from: Dack on January 30, 2004, 20:19 ---
Self
Monitoring
Analysis and
Reporting
Technology

Built into the hard drive it measures such things as:
Spin up time, head hight above the platter, data throughput etc.

It then uses these bits of data to predict when a drive is on its way out and if so puts a message on your screen warning the disc is a bit dodgy. You should then have enough time to get the data off before complete failure.

I usually leave SMART on, can affect data throughput slightly but what the heck - I'd rather know when I'm likely to be needing a new disc. :)

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I allways wondered what that was all about, Thanks!

Barra:
So where do we find this 'SMART' at?
If there was one called 'STUPID' I could probably find that :D

David:
Thanks for the link Sandra really helps and its quicker than keep going to the back of a book

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