Re: Error Message - Hard Drive

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:29:31 -0400, Peter <XXpmpmpmXX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:03:53 -0700, Bill <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>>
>> Jumper settings:
>>
>> http://www.wdc.com/en/library/eide/2579-001037.pdf
>>
>> Diagnostic software here:
>>
>> http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp
>>
>> Bill
>
>
>Thanks all for the feedback.
>
>FYI, the PDF file mentioned above doesn't seem to apply to my drive. It
>has a diagram that shows a jumper connector with 5 pairs of pins while my
>actual drive has only 4 pairs of pins. I think the correct document is:
>http://www.wdc.com/en/library/sata/2079-001042.pdf
>
>I ran the diagnostic utility mentioned above and it reports the same thing
>... SMART status is bad. But, I still have no clue whether this is a
>setting problem or a defective drive. (And, as mentioned in my original
>message, the drive *seems* to be working OK.)
>
>Peter

Well, as I understand S.M.A.R.T., it's technology that warns you of an
impending drive failure BEFORE it's obvious that the drive is failing
in order that you have time to backup all important data on the drive.
I'd certainly not think of blaming the error message on anything other
than a failing drive simply because it seems to be functioning
normally. If you have a report of a "bad drive" from two independent
S.M.A.R.T. monitoring programs, you have no option but to regard that
drive as unreliable until proven otherwise. The very first thing you
should do, therefore, is to backup the data and NOT put any new data
on the drive. Only after that's done would I begin to ponder jumper
settings and the like.

Ron
.

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