S.M.A.R.T

Starting WIN ME a line appears with the following:
Ultra DMA Mode-2 S.M.A.R.T capable but not enabled.
I can go to DEL and enabled it, but what is the purpose of
it. Does it improve my set-up of WIN ME.
Appreciate any info.
Regards
Frank

Frank,

S.M.A.R.T is Self Monitoring And Reporting Technology

S.M.A.R.T has little to do with the operating system you are using as such
but rather is a mechanism for monitoring the state or condition of your
hard disks. I would advise you to run with S.M.A.R.T. enabled as this
should then help you get some advance warning of any potential hard disk
problems whilst you still have time to do something about it such as
backing up your data before the disk actually fails.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004]



Frank wrote:

Starting WIN ME a line appears with the following:
Ultra DMA Mode-2 S.M.A.R.T capable but not enabled.
I can go to DEL and enabled it, but what is the purpose of
it. Does it improve my set-up of WIN ME.
Appreciate any info.

Hi Mike,

Many thanks for that info.

regards

Frank.
-----Original Message-----
Frank,

S.M.A.R.T is Self Monitoring And Reporting Technology

S.M.A.R.T has little to do with the operating system you
are using as such
but rather is a mechanism for monitoring the state or
condition of your
hard disks. I would advise you to run with S.M.A.R.T.
enabled as this
should then help you get some advance warning of any
potential hard disk
problems whilst you still have time to do something about
it such as
backing up your data before the disk actually fails.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004]



Frank wrote:

Starting WIN ME a line appears with the following:
Ultra DMA Mode-2 S.M.A.R.T capable but not enabled.
I can go to DEL and enabled it, but what is the purpose
of
it. Does it improve my set-up of WIN ME.
Appreciate any info.

.

Glad, hopefully, to have been of some help.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004]



Frank wrote:

Hi Mike,

Many thanks for that info.

-----Original Message-----
Frank,

S.M.A.R.T is Self Monitoring And Reporting Technology

S.M.A.R.T has little to do with the operating system you
are using as such
but rather is a mechanism for monitoring the state or
condition of your
hard disks. I would advise you to run with S.M.A.R.T.
enabled as this
should then help you get some advance warning of any
potential hard disk
problems whilst you still have time to do something about
it such as
backing up your data before the disk actually fails.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004]


Mike,

Does S.M.A.R.T. actually do anything without a client
application to collect / interpret / display the
information provided by S.M.A.R.T.?
I found this quote
SMART requires a hard disk that supports the feature and
some sort of software to check the status of the drive.
/quote
at http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/perf/qual/featuresSMART-
c.html
It says to me that without an application to read it,
S.M.A.R.T. is not going to tell you anything.

BarryG

For many users SMART is monitored by the bios which will report any
problems or potential problems when the users boots up their system. If
however you want to access the SMART data in real time whilst using your
system then yes you would need to install and run suitable third party
monitoring software. If you just want to have a look at that data then
you can use a product such as Everest Home Edition
(http://www.lavalys.com/products/over...?pid=1&lang=en) where you
will find access to SMART data for each SMART drive in the Storage
section.

No doubt three are other monitoring applications available however I don't
have their details.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004]



BarryG wrote:

Does S.M.A.R.T. actually do anything without a client
application to collect / interpret / display the
information provided by S.M.A.R.T.?
I found this quote
SMART requires a hard disk that supports the feature and
some sort of software to check the status of the drive.
/quote
at http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/perf/...esSMART-c.html
It says to me that without an application to read it,
S.M.A.R.T. is not going to tell you anything.

-----Original Message-----
For many users SMART is monitored by the bios which will
report any
problems or potential problems when the users boots up
their system. If
however you want to access the SMART data in real time
whilst using your
system then yes you would need to install and run
suitable third party
monitoring software. If you just want to have a look at
that data then
you can use a product such as Everest Home Edition
(http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php?
pid=1&lang=en) where you
will find access to SMART data for each SMART drive in
the Storage
section.

No doubt three are other monitoring applications
available however I don't
have their details.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004]




Thanks Mike.

I've downloaded Everesthome. I'll give it a whirl at home
tonight and see what happens.

BarryG

BarryG wrote:

Thanks Mike.

I've downloaded Everesthome. I'll give it a whirl at home
tonight and see what happens.

Barry,

You're welcome. I should make it clear that I probably know less about
SMART than yourself and nothing much about any real time monitoring
applications. I was checking earlier to see if MotherBoardMonitor which I
used to use has a plug in for SMART or not but couldn't find any reference
to one in the few minutes I spent looking. I've also just built myself a
new PC (AMD64 GigaByte K8NS Pro motherboard) which has three SMART enabled
hard disks however I can find no reference to SMART in the motherboard
handbook(s). :-(

Regards,
--
Mike Maltby
338119

Mike/Barry

A 'helpful' utility?
http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/index.html

Maybe Barry could try the Download Trial and evaluate - but never tried it
myself g

Mart



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BarryG wrote:

Thanks Mike.

I've downloaded Everesthome. I'll give it a whirl at home
tonight and see what happens.

Barry,

You're welcome. I should make it clear that I probably know less about
SMART than yourself and nothing much about any real time monitoring
applications. I was checking earlier to see if MotherBoardMonitor which I
used to use has a plug in for SMART or not but couldn't find any reference
to one in the few minutes I spent looking. I've also just built myself a
new PC (AMD64 GigaByte K8NS Pro motherboard) which has three SMART enabled
hard disks however I can find no reference to SMART in the motherboard
handbook(s). :-(

Regards,
--
Mike Maltby
338119

And at just US$25 a shot Barry can even buy us each a copy. :-)
--
Mike


Mart wrote:

Mike/Barry

A 'helpful' utility?
http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/index.html

Maybe Barry could try the Download Trial and evaluate - but never
tried it myself g