On Aug 16, 2005, at 11:00 AM, Eddie Hargreaves wrote: > On 8/16/05 8:50 AM, Gerald Buc <jerbuc at mac.com> wrote: > >> I had no other indication of failure including DW repair and Disk >> Utility >> under Panther (which does not have the S.M.A.R.T capability) > > Panther's Disk Utility does, in fact, indicate a drive's S.M.A.R.T. > status. You are correct. I do remember now that I mentioned to the Apple rep that the failure warning did not show in the Panther S.M.A.R.T Status. He said to the effect that Tiger's S.M.A.R.T Status was (are you ready) smarter. Jerry