At 09:34 AM 12/12/2007, Tom Piwowar wrote: >All drives should be checked regularly. I use a utility that tests SMART >satus every few minutes and will issue a warning if that fails. I also >run a disk utility about once a month. I check the backup logs almost >every day. Rotating several drives also increases your security.
I use HDD Health to monitor SMART status, but it doesn't work with USB drives, maybe because of the specs of the USB to EIDE interface. What utility do you use to monitor SMART status? ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
