I'm getting the same S.M.A.R.T. warnings on my Apple iBook for at least a month. I've backed it up every chance I get, but the hard drive isn't failing. Is it going to? Can it give bad readings?
2007-04-01 21:54:48 · 3 answers · asked by simpsons_mail 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I dont use it, I have had messages on previous PCs and the hard drives remained intact for years! Most PC mfgs dont even enable it!
2007-04-01 21:58:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The SMART system was supposed to give you some warning ahead of time. Your'e lucky.
If it were my mac, I would get a nice new fast hard drive that would be an upgrade to the pc. I might image it from the old drive. More than likely, the new drive would get a fress install, and I'd copy my files over if needed.
S.M.A.R.T. technology
http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/smart-technology.html
2007-04-02 05:12:14 · answer #2 · answered by Jim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just remember that SMART is a warning device, basically it diagnoses your hard disk behaviour to predict whether it's having data integrity problems. It cannot actually predict when the hard disk will die.
So, it could give warnings and the disk will die in 5 years, or show no problems but your hd could die tomorrow due to a problem with the hd's internal mechanisms.
2007-04-02 07:36:59 · answer #3 · answered by venereal_madness 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋