What is Smart?

[Slowhand]

What is S.M.A.R.T.? and how do you enable it?

[Droppyale]

S.M.A.R.T. stands for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. S.M.A.R.T. technology was developed by a number of major hard disk drive manufacturers in a concerted effort to increase the reliability of drives. It is a technology that enables the PC to predict the future failure of hard disk drives.

It can usually be enabled from the BIOS.

[osprey4]

Here's a nice description of S.M.A.R.T. technology.

[Droppyale]

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