Really appreciating the current thread on SmartReporter. After reading the current posts, I installed in on my G4 iBook which runs OSX 11.4.11. After installation, the icon is green which indicates that my hard drive is okay. I have an ATA drive that was verified in Preferences. I'm looking at the console log. I see a warning message: Smart Reporter "SMARTReporter[279] Warning: no drive data file at.....etc" Does that mean that it is detecting that this is a new install of this application?
Thanks, Jocelyn On Thursday, August 21, 2014 11:08:53 AM UTC-7, jentypo wrote: > > Greetings, G-Book members: > > I have a toughie that's taking me time to figure out. I use an Aluminum > PowerBook G4--have for several years, and I work it very hard. I've had > internal hard drives wear out due to bad sectors being re-assigned, and I > can verify that the drive is "FAILING" using the SMART Utility. However, is > there any way to verify the SMART status of a drive without taking apart > the PowerBook, literally installing the drive and booting from that > computer? That seems to be the only way to make an "UNSUPPORTED" check. > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Books" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
