-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox Revisited
- From: betty <nextcent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:41:27 -0500
Troth, you're an absolute gem! _YOU'RE _SMART!_
_And I'll be very patient. It's close to my bedtime, anyway. I'm a crazy
old lady
who goes to bed early, and has her coffee at the beginning of her day at
3 a.m.
Don't tell anyone.
Have a great day and evening, even if you are at work.
Betty
~OoO~ wrote:
>What I was saying was that S.M.A.R.T. data not being what the 'program' =
>thinks it should be doesn't necessarily mean the drive is bad. For =
>example, you go to the doctor and he checks you out. Your heart rate is =
>very fast, faster than most other people. Well, ok, so your heart rate =
>is out of the norm. Doesn't necessarily mean something is wrong with =
>you. For you specifically, it might be normal. Same thing with =
>S.M.A.R.T. data. SMART stands for 'Self-Monitoring, Analysis and =
>Reporting Technology'. Basically, most modern drives have sensors on =
>them that report this SMART data. You need a special app to be able to =
>read this data. This data reports specific conditions of the drive. It =
>gives you the symptoms, if any. Its still up to you to try and figure =
>out if there's really a problem. So, if something shows not right on =
>SMART data, it 'could' mean bad, but not necessarily. But... =
>none-the-less, you should look further into it. According to Ariolic =
>Software, "currently the SMART system can detect about 70% of all hard =
>drive errors." Read this: http://tinyurl.com/9wye8
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>Disk Defragmenter defrags the drive. Does nothing in regards repair, =
>analysis, diagnose, etc. Defragging basically keeps all your like-data =
>together, for faster access to said data. You can do a Google search on =
>"defrag" for a thorough explanation of that and why its good to defrag =
>often.
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>Will get back to you on a freeware app for checking the drive. At work =
>now, so don't have much researching time on hand.
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>---Troth
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