On Nov 20, 2004, at 8:24 PM, John wrote: > How does it warn you? I didn't know Macs could read that SMART status > thing. 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. -- Chris