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Possible SMART errors on hard disk
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1776405" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">If your utilities are identifying<a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-operating-system/343922-smart-errors-hard-disk.html" target="_blank"> S.M.A.R.T errors it’s probably time for a new drive</a>. It’s hard to predict when the drive will fail since different utilities test different aspects of drive functioning. For a general overview of S.M.A.R.T and what it means give <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T." target="_blank">this</a> a read. For a comparison of various utilities with some form of S.M.A.R.t status see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_S.M.A.R.T._tools" target="_blank">this chart</a>. The focus of the chart is mainly on other operating systems but there are a few OS X utilities mentioned.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1776405, member: 131855"] [FONT=Helvetica]If your utilities are identifying[URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-operating-system/343922-smart-errors-hard-disk.html"] S.M.A.R.T errors it’s probably time for a new drive[/URL]. It’s hard to predict when the drive will fail since different utilities test different aspects of drive functioning. For a general overview of S.M.A.R.T and what it means give [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T."]this[/URL] a read. For a comparison of various utilities with some form of S.M.A.R.t status see [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_S.M.A.R.T._tools"]this chart[/URL]. The focus of the chart is mainly on other operating systems but there are a few OS X utilities mentioned.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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