S M A R T CAPABILITY

[sknyer]

In terms of HDD, what is actually S.M.A.R.T capabilities and what are the advantages/disadvantages if it is enalbed/disabled.

Wherever I happened to see the configurations, this always found disabled. Any idea please

skn

[Vernon Frazee]

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/SMART.html

[j.m@talk]

If its turned on it CAN give you an indication of the Hdd's general condition.......

OK= OK
Bad = Up the creak :t

[Midknyte]

you should really have smart enabled. it can tell you to replace the drive before it totally croaks on you.

[killer_teddy]

So why is it not enabled by default?

[j.m@talk]

Not unusual that :rolleyes:

[sknyer]

you mean that SMART capability must be enabled?

in that case, isn't it affect the working performance of the pc??

[Midknyte]

smart barely uses any resources, so the benefits greatly outweigh the performance loss. You won't notice a difference.