Is your hard drive SMART?

[GeorgHerbet]

Just found out mine was last week. Got a message on bootup that the drive was in need of service. I ignored the message.

Guess what? The drive died today. Ahhhh!!!! Took me all day to recover, and I'm still not there.

So I guess SMART is SMART. Found this handy Q&A in case you don't know what SMART is.


Smart FAQ

 

[The General]

i think "smart" must mean "maxtor"

 

[PZEROFGH]

i turned it on, but it was messing up my OCing for some reason, couldnt get to 2.6 with it on, so i turned it off..

 

[macdude425]

I've heard horror stories about SMART causing loads of POST problems and other problems, but never me. In fact, SMART has saved my butt twice.

 

[TheMajor]

I have SMART enabled on all 3 disks.

 

[Lonewolf5460]

same here but on 4 discs

 

[da_foosh_masta]

SMART, don't underestimate it's power!