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| Thread ID: 96367 | 2009-01-08 07:48:00 | S.M.A.R.T. - worth taking notice of? | Deane F (8204) | Press F1 |
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| 736153 | 2009-01-08 07:48:00 | Anybody here take any notice of S.M.A.R.T. monitoring on their hard drive? | Deane F (8204) | ||
| 736154 | 2009-01-08 08:32:00 | Only if it brings up an error on boot-up saying that it has detected a problem and the drive should be checked/replaced ASAP. | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 736155 | 2009-01-08 09:53:00 | Going to see a guy tomorrow, he called me at the beginning of the week saying SMART kept saying back up drive etc pending failure - Guess what - Drive finally failed this morning, spins up but thats about it. :groan: Now to see if any data can be rescued :nerd: | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 736156 | 2009-01-08 18:44:00 | The boy's pc came up with the message "HD about to die".Did a scan with Seatools which pronounced it ok and message stopped showing.A week later it died! | Neil McC (178) | ||
| 736157 | 2009-01-08 19:19:00 | Believe SMART. 90% of the time it's right on. At the very least make sure you have any important data backed up. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 736158 | 2009-01-08 20:44:00 | The boy's pc came up with the message "HD about to die".Did a scan with Seatools which pronounced it ok and message stopped showing.A week later it died! I have found the old Seatools to be excellent. The new one is crap. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 736159 | 2009-01-09 03:13:00 | I have found the old Seatools to be excellent. The new one is crap. Any idea where to find the old one,pctek? Or what version to look for? Thanks. |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 736160 | 2009-01-09 07:18:00 | Any idea where to find the old one,pctek? Or what version to look for? Thanks. Apart from in my CD drawer? Dunno...... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 736161 | 2009-01-09 07:26:00 | The boy's pc came up with the message "HD about to die".Did a scan with Seatools which pronounced it ok and message stopped showing.A week later it died! where did the message come from? |
pcuser7895 (12979) | ||
| 736162 | 2009-01-09 11:00:00 | You get the message generally when your PC is POST'ing | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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