Newbie needs help with HD

[Seamus]

at boot up it says my hd is smart capable but disabled
what gives
how do i enable it ?

[Ed_S]

Would need more info, like the mainboard brand & model, same for the HD.

Not really sure it's anything to worry about, really. Tech Encyclopedia definition:
S.M.A.R.T.

(Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology)
A drive technology that reports its own degradation enabling the operating system to warn the user of potential failure. It was included in EIDE drives with the ATA-3 specification.

Now, if it reported a failure rather than "disabled", THAT would be a real cause for concern!

[This message has been edited by Ed_S (edited 02-21-2000).]

[ck42866]

It should be in your BIOS. That's where it was on my mainboard.

[ck42866]

I think that programs like Sandra are able to identify stuff like that. Hope it works.

[Susan]

You can download the program Sandra here:
www.sisoftware.co.uk/sandra (http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/sandra)

Great little program that tells you lots about your system http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Seamus]

thanx where in bios no mention of smart in mine
also how would i find out what hd and mainboard i have do i have to open case and look