It looks like SMARTReporter is for Macs. Is there a SMART diagnostic
utility for WinXP that you would recommend?
I would recommend not using a PC.
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Again so much help from the mac zealot.
http://www.passmark.com/products/diskcheckup.htm
That one isn't bad, free for personal use.
Mike
On Dec 20, 2007 1:04 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It looks like SMARTReporter is for Macs. Is there a SMART diagnostic
utility for WinXP that
I use Smartfan which includes some minor Smart stuff not sure how
complicated you need. Also free.
Stewart
At 03:06 PM 12/20/2007, you wrote:
Again so much help from the mac zealot.
http://www.passmark.com/products/diskcheckup.htm
That one isn't bad, free for personal use.
Mike
Rev.
It looks like SMARTReporter is for Macs. Is there a SMART diagnostic
utility for WinXP that you would recommend?
Thanks,
Richard P.
Tom wrote:
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
I'm looking for opinions on the reliability of brands of external
hard drives, the moderate-sized multi-MB stationary ones that are
designed for storage and backups.
I have been using hard drives for backup for over 10 years with results
that are much better than when I was using tape. The
Where do you store your off-site backups?
A bare (not in a case) 3.5 hard drive will fit in a small bank safe deposit
box, and is conveniently used with one of the many available bare interfaces
(no case, just the electronics for data and power), e.g., USB to IDE/EIDE (or
SATA). Only the
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
The nice thing about using a hard drive as backup media is that
incremental backups are consolidated (by copying new/newer files) into a
directory tree that is current and complete. Copying can be with or
without replicating deletions so that old stuff can be preserved in the
backup. The
and what is that utility which tests the drives, where
do we find it.
Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page.
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Yes, but Time machine is still a local backup device... which few will
ever... despite good intentions ... remove from the premises.
When so many's essential biz is being done and stored on computer, not
having fail-safe backup is nonsensical. Determining the security of the
backup by the
Where do you store your off-site backups?
At Iron Mountain's facility.
A bare (not in a case) 3.5 hard drive will fit in a small bank safe
deposit box, and is conveniently used with one of the many available
bare interfaces (no case, just the electronics for data and power),
e.g., USB to
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