S.M.A.R.T drive enabled ????? 2

[kwunder]

What exactly is S.M.A.R.T ? and why are both my HDD S.M.A.R.T disabled ?

Thanks
kwunder

 

[edfair]

S.M.A.R.T. is a failure predictive technology that is built into some hard drives.
If it is enabled on your computer you get warning messages when the hard drive doesn't meet the specifications for whatever parameter it is supposed to meet.
You probably don't have drives with the built in capability. Ed Fair
unixstuff@juno.com
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[kwunder]

Thanks Ed
I actually upgraded to these two drives, from and old 8.4GB which used to read as SMART enabled.

These two new ones are faster, larger and more expensive drives. Should they have this "built in capability" ? or is it just unnecessary anyway ?

THanks again
kwunder

 

[smah]

They probably have this capability. Have your reset your CMOS recently? This feature is probably turned off in the CMOS/BIOS which is quite often the default setting for many motherboards.

 

[kwunder]

Thanks guys

kwunder