Thanks Ray, Disk Utilities is also telling me that it has an un-reparable problem. So it looks like the fixit shop from here.
Regards, Adrian [email protected] On 22/01/2012, at 1:33 PM, Ray Forma wrote: > Adrian, > > Checking the S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard disk with Disk Utility. > (Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility.app) > > Disk drives you use with your computer can include S.M.A.R.T. hardware that > tests and monitors the drive continuously for potential problems and > failures. You can check the S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard disks in Disk > Utility. > > S.M.A.R.T stands for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. > > If the S.M.A.R.T. status for a disk shows "Verified," nothing is wrong with > it. If you see "About to Fail" in red letters, you should back up the disk > and replace it as soon as possible. > > In Disk Utility, select a hard disk in the list of disks and volume. Look at > the bottom of the window for the S.M.A.R.T. Status. > > If you want continual indication of your HD status then I recommend that you > download and install Smartreporter <http://www.corecode.at/smartreporter/> > and check the icon it puts in your menubar. If that icon changes from green > to red it's high time to do a full backup before replacing the HD. > > On 22/01/2012, at 12:59 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: > >> Good afternoon all, >> >> I am getting a regular TechTools Pro 6. warning on my iMac. >> >> TechTool Protection Alert! ST31000528ASQ - 6VP3MSM0 on "/dev/disk0" is >> exceeding SMART warning levels. The SMART Check setting is configured in the >> TechTool Protection Mac OS X System Preferences pane. >> >> Model Name: iMac 27" >> Processor Name: Intel Core i7 >> Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz >> Number of Processors: 1 >> Total Number of Cores: 4 >> Memory: 8 GB >> >> OS X 10.7.2 >> >> I dont like the look of this at all as it seems to suggest that the HD is >> about to die. Can anyone confirm that this may be that case or is there >> something else going on. The machine seems to be functioning OK at the >> moment. >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Adrian >> >> [email protected] > > Regards, > > Ray Forma > 50 Harvest Road, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia > Tel +61 (0) 8 9335 6568 > Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
