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One of my drives exhibits near-death symptoms a short time (10-15 minutes) after the system is started. I did a S.M.A.R.T check and the verdict is good health. I happen to know for certain that periodic ticking from the reader-head is indicative or anything but good health. Mind you, this is not the typical stress-seek sound.
Apart from having it looked at by professionals, or replacing it all-together, what can I figure out on my own using the S.M.A.R.T interface and preferably some Free or Open software tools? I realize that the implementation varies across manufacturers, but what I'm looking for is general advice about how to use the S.M.A.R.T capabilities of a drive and what to reasonably expect from these features.
Why would you not go into details? If I had the money, I'd just throw the disk away already. – Ярослав Рахматуллин – 2013-04-21T12:43:44.683
@ЯрославРахматуллин Because each SMART tool is different, it would mean my answer wouldn't be useful! What may or may not occur in one tool may or may not in other, and then there is a debate about truly constitutes as a smart tool etc! Why else? – Dave – 2013-04-23T08:11:16.950