"Acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, an open
standard for developing disk drives and software systems that
automatically monitor a disk drive's health and report potential
problems. Ideally, this should allow you to take proactive actions to
prevent impending disk crashes."
If your HDD supports SMART, you can find out a surprising amount of
information about its performance.
--BenD
Ian Skinner wrote:
> Ummm, not to risk my Geek International Society Membership (GISM), but
>
> Is your HDD SMART enabled?
>
> --BenD
>
> What is HDD SMART enabled?
>
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