[Ti] SMART status failing: travelstar... upgrade?

[John Griffin]

Here is what TechTool Pro 4 returns on my internal drive:

S.M.A.R.T. stands for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology.
This test checks and reports on the status of the S.M.A.R.T. routines built
into your drive. These routines monitor important drive parameters as your
drive is operating. An examination and analysis of these parameters can aid
in the prediction of drive failure. This will allow you to back up your data
before your drive fails and the data becomes inaccessible.

S.M.A.R.T. Self-Checks

   Attribute        Normal        Worst        Threshold        Status

  1    Read Raw Error Rate
              100              100              50              Okay
  2    Through Put Performance
              100              100              50              Okay
  3    Spin Up Time
              100              100              1              Okay
  4    Start/Stop Count
              100              100              0              Okay
  5    Reallocated Sectors
              100              100              50              Okay
  7    Seek Error Rate
              100              100              50              Okay
  8    Seek Time Performance
              100              100              50              Okay
  9    Power On Hours
              99              99              0              Okay
 10    Spin Retry Count
              124              100              30              Okay
 12    Power Cycle Count
              100              100              0              Okay
192    Power Off Retract Count
              100              100              0              Okay
193    Load/Unload Cycle Count
              94              94              0              Okay
194    Temperature
              100              100              0              Okay
196    Reallocation Event Count
              100              100              0              Okay
197    Current Pending Sector Count
              100              100              0              Okay
198    Off-Line Scan Uncorrectable Sector Count
              100              100              0              Okay
199    Ultra DMA CRC Error Count (Rate)
              200              200              0              Okay
220    Disk Shift
              100              100              0              Okay
222    Loaded Hours
              100              100              0              Okay
223    Load Retry Count
              100              100              0              Okay
224    Load Friction
              100              100              0              Okay
226    Load-in Time
              100              100              0              Okay
240    Unknown
              100              100              1              Okay

S.M.A.R.T. Self-Checks <Passed>

Tests Completed
Passed

jg

Chris Olson typed this message on 11/21/04 1:20 PM:

> They can.  Open a terminal window and type:
> diskutil info disk0
> 
> or alternatively, open the OS X Disk Utility, click on your hard disk
> in the left pane, and click the Info button in the top pane.  You'll
> see the S.M.A.R.T. status in the window.