On 11/07/2007 Aaron Kulkis wrote: > > On the basis that SMART was wrong *once*, are you willing > to bet YOUR DATA that his old drive has NOT run out of > internal spare sectors?
I don't think that I EVER suggested that he should just ignore it. I just suggested that there was a possibility that SMART could be wrong. It has been several times in my own experience. I don't think I EVER suggested that he shouldn't test his drive before making any decision. I don't have super important data to lose but I sure would test a drive BEFORE I just discarded it. Obviously I'm not as rich as most folks. In my ORIGINAL mail I said that SMART said that I had a drive that was failing. There was nothing wrong with the drive so I turned off SMART and used the drive for another couple years. In other words I tested the drive. It was fine. SMART was wrong. I turned off SMART. SMART CAN be wrong. Maybe not often. Maybe not every time. But it CAN be wrong. SO, JUST GET OFF MY ASS! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
