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 Posted: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 09:08:17 Post Subject: |
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Just in case, download smartUDM and put it in a bootable floppy... it will give you all the parameters from S.M.A.R.T. and give you an idea of the overall "health" of your drive.
You can also read this guide for a better idea of what the parameters mean.
I'd take the parameters with a grain of salt, because I just noticed that both my Seagate drives (ATA100 80 GB (+/- 5 y/o) and SATA 160 GB (<1 week old)) have almost the same parameters (with the exception of the cycle count) and crappy fitness, while the WD SATA 120 GB (+/- 3 months old) shows perfect fitness, so probably the manufaturer plays with the system's values around to impress the end user... just a thought |
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