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S.M.A.R.T. function in OSX?
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Hi,
PCs have a SMART hard disk check and warning function built-in. So at every booting process the PC will tell you if your HD is running into any problems.
Does OSX have this? If not - WHY?
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Originally posted by malique:
Hi,
PCs have a SMART hard disk check and warning function built-in. So at every booting process the PC will tell you if your HD is running into any problems.
Does OSX have this? If not - WHY?
yes it does have it, without the fancy name.
It doesn't run into problems so you dont need to know about it.
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Originally posted by moonmonkey:
yes it does have it, without the fancy name.
It doesn't run into problems so you dont need to know about it.
I am not shure you got right what I meant:
SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) monitors the health status of Hard Disk Drives (HDD), monitors drives temperature, prevents data loss and predicts possible drive fail using special algorithms.
the SMART is a technology built into Hard Disks. The HD can tell weeks before it will fail that it will be running into problems, e.g. it recognizes that it has increasing number of read errors or so.
The computer must be able to interpret these data. Even on OSX there are programs (I had one by..err...FWB I think) that show you the SMART status of your hard disk.
It was an ugly program with an interface you don't want to see all the time. If I knew my mac OSX would warn me cause it keeps in touch with the HD (without starting Disk Utility!) I could sleep more easily...
more SMART:
http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/s...echnology.html
...ah, and btw:
http://www.fwb.com/html/smart_toolkit.html
(Last edited by malique; Apr 23, 2003 at 07:41 PM.
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OS X does not have SMART support built in, but third party disk utilities (DW 3, TTP 4) will have this functionality. The other thing is that your drive needs to be SMART aware. I have a brand new Hitachi DeskStar 60 GB in my machine and it does not have SMART.
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Originally posted by TimmyDee51:
OS X does not have SMART support built in, but third party disk utilities (DW 3, TTP 4) will have this functionality. The other thing is that your drive needs to be SMART aware. I have a brand new Hitachi DeskStar 60 GB in my machine and it does not have SMART.
hmm. my maxtor 120GB has. IBM, too I think.
What is DW 3 and TTP 4?
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DW3=Disk Warrior 3=Excellent
TTP4=TechTool Pro 4=Not so
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Originally posted by malique:
What is DW 3 and TTP 4?
DiskWarrior 3 (recommended) and TechTool Pro 4. Neither has been released yet. Both should be RSN.
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Originally posted by CharlesS:
DiskWarrior 3 (recommended) and TechTool Pro 4. Neither has been released yet. Both should be RSN.
RSN. Aha 
sorry, my english lacks maybe. Anyway I know you mean "in the pipe" or so. But: does that mean I have to run such tools to get my smart checked? what a crap! It should work even when I DON'T remember to check it!
APPLE! READ! 
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Originally posted by malique:
APPLE! READ!
They might. If you send them feedback.
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Originally posted by malique:
RSN. Aha
sorry, my english lacks maybe. Anyway I know you mean "in the pipe" or so.
Real Soon Now. 
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