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Subject:   SMART drive monitoring
Date:   2003-11-24 02:02:22
From:   anonymous2
Response to: SMART drive monitoring

Hi !


That's interesting indeed ! I performed some tests and was always able to see the computer's S.M.A.R.T. status by using the « Disk Utility », even without booting from the CD.


However, in order to see the status, you will have to click on the name of your hard drive ( 37.3 GB TOSHIBA, for example ) and not the name of the boot partition ( Dex's 7 Gig )...


F.J.
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  • SMART drive monitoring
    2003-11-24 14:50:30  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

    Only certain drive manufacturers (such as IBM/Toshiba) support SMART. New drives from other manufacturers will generally not include this feature.