S.M.A.R.T. Ultra DMA ?????????????

weejock1462 · Jun 29, 2005

Some guidance please. When I boot up my screen displays usual system properties and also 'SMART Ultra DMA capable but disabled' . I really don't know if this will be OK to enable.
OS Win XP Pro (sp2)
proc AMD 1.6g
HD's (2x40gb) quite old I think-Samsung SV4012H & ST 340015A
Optowrite cd-rw CW5205
External USB DVD/R (not recognised see other post)
Would appreciate any help whatsoever.

howard_hopkinso · Jun 29, 2005

S.M.A.R.T is Self Monitoring And Reporting Technology

S.M.A.R.T has little to do with the operating system you are using as such,
but rather is a mechanism for monitoring the state or condition of your
hard disks.

I would advise you to run with S.M.A.R.T. enabled, as this
should then help you get some advance warning of any potential hard disk
problems, whilst you still have time to do something about it, such as
backing up your data before the disk actually fails.

Regards Howard :grinthumb

weejock1462 · Jun 29, 2005

Thnx for quick response Howard I'll go and try now and post back 2U here.

weejock1462 · Jun 29, 2005

Hi Howard, enabled S.M.A.R.T. gave warning that it 'may decrease sytem performance' but I run a few progs and no decrease in performance was noticed.many thnx again..

poertner_1274 · Jun 29, 2005

It shouldn't affect anything if you have a newer system.

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weejock1462 · Jun 29, 2005

no it didn't in fact it gave me a bit of rassurance that my drives were A1 OK cheers mate!

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