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Hard Drive Discuss, S.M.A.R.T feature for Hard Drives what is it? at International Chat: Hardware related forum; Hi, i was wondering if any 1 out there knew what the S.M.A.R.T. feature is. I have this feature on my MSI motherboard bios and was wondering what the setting is for. Should i enable this or keep it disabled. Thanx in advance. BTW: My HDD


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S.M.A.R.T feature for Hard Drives what is it?
Hi, i was wondering if any 1 out there knew what the S.M.A.R.T. feature is. I have this feature on my MSI motherboard bios and was wondering what the setting is for.

Should i enable this or keep it disabled.

Thanx in advance.

BTW: My HDD is a 30Gb IBM Eide 7200 rpm will this feature help it run better or not?
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S.M.A.R.T.
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology

What is S.M.A.R.T.?
S.M.A.R.T. is a system that enables the PC to predict the future failure of devices such as disk drives. Armed with a failure prediction, the user or system manager can back up key data, replace a suspect device prior to data loss, or avoid undesired downtime. S.M.A.R.T. is a key component of improving data integrity and data availability of the PC.
All I had to do is use the search on Maxtor.com:
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Would suggest you leave it on...sounds like a useful feature
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Thanx 4 ur reply Da_Taxman i appreciate it, this has really cleared the mystery up 4 me so quite obviously i should really enable it.

Once again thanx 4 the info ur knowledge knows no bounds.


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