At 6:07 AM -0700 8/22/2009, Mel wrote: > >When I buy a used HD, I check it with SMART Utility after formating. >One such drive recently bought was failing according to SMART >Utility. I zeroed out the drive and voila: SMART Utility no longer >showed that HD to be railing. > >SMART Utility allows various options and will flag a drive that >shows various kinds of errors thereafter you start with a clean >slate. After the fresh start that zeroing the HD provided >whereafter SMART Utility showed the HD as 'passing,' I think it was >a benefit to zero out the disk before using CCC to copy software and >data from another HD and thus provide a useful functional backup HD.
If a new drive has a failing SMART status, replace it under warranty immediately. If a used drive has a failing SMART status, get your money back immediately. What you did to the drive was get rid of the accumulated error log - the evidence that the drive was failing. So now you're running on a drive that you know is bad, and that could now fail totally with no notice. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
