Existing users, 
SMARTReporter
Warns of ATA drive failure before it happens.
Version: 2.4.2
Didn't Notice My HD Died?!!
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: TreeSqueak Sunday, March 08 2009 @ 04:03 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: NO
Been running SmartReporter for quite a while now on all 4 of our Macs. Yesterday the HD in my iMac died after "acting funny" all week. Smart Reporter indicated nothing was wrong! Doesn't work very well now does it?!
Comments
Didn't Notice My HD Died?!! - ashleykaryl
I also had to replace a hard drive yesterday on an iMac which was failing but the smart status said everything was fine.I suppose you just have to accept this software can't report on every situation, however, I lost quite a bit a bit of time trouble shooting for software issues because the smart verification made me think the drive itself must be OK. Now I know better.
Thursday, September 17 2009 @ 03:40 PM PDT
Read up on SMART technology - zunipus
SMART is not exactly that 'smart'. It's something, but not everything. Wikipedia.org has good coverage of what it can and cannot do.Personally, I occasionally perform separate tests on my hard drives every now and then. Note that I am a utility freak.
- TechTool Pro is very good at testing hardware, including further aspects of hard drives.
- Drive Genius is very good with even more in depth hard drive testing.
- SpeedTools is reasonable as well.
ATM I'd suggest Drive Genius over the others specifically for hard drive testing, sector test and repair, as well as volume verification.
Friday, September 18 2009 @ 01:00 AM PDT
Didn't Notice My HD Died?!! - Allan Marcus
SMART will only report a failure in advance about 70% of the time. Some failures. It's not a perfect system and has nothing to do with this software.Reply to This
Monday, March 30 2009 @ 12:07 PM PDT