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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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