[X4U] SMART Drive Status

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Jul 1, 2005, at 9:19 PM, Nick Scalise wrote:

> I just upgraded a G5 to 10.4.1, (Rev.A G5 1.8 -Single/160GB/1.5GB  
> RAM) all went well and the machine is running. However, I went into  
> disk utility to repair permissions for the last time and the drive  
> name in the left column was in red and near the bottom of the  
> window there is  "SMART status: Failing"
>
> Hmm, I just went to check it again, and now SMART Status is Verified.
>
> I was going to ask how long I have before I replace the HD, should  
> I leave it running, etc. But now it looks as though it should at  
> least survive the weekend?

I'd keep an eye on it. It's possible the failing warning was an  
error, but if it shows up again, replace the drive.

In the mean time, back up. Then back up again.


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