[colug-432] SMART HDD Status

[Edward Dunagin]

Hey Josh, looks like a good deal. I tried to order but it hung up on
me with some kinda Visa enrollment .I declined,,,anyway see
ya.................ed

On 2/23/12, Joshua Kramer <joskra42.list at gmail.com> wrote:
> A while ago, in my thread about reading and writing NTFS volumes, Jim
> warned us about Seagate's non-standard reporting status.  Last night I
> procured a new enclosure for my HD, one that gives no errors reading or
> writing NTFS volumes (and supports SMART status).  Indeed, I noticed that
> the values for Hardware ECC Recovered, Seek Error Rate, Read Error Rate for
> my Seagate Momentus were way off track - in the millions.  Scary, right?  I
> found a possible explanation and way to decode it on Seagate's forum site
> this morning:
>
> http://forums.seagate.com/t5/Momentus-XT-Momentus-Momentus/Interpretation-of-Read-Error-Rate-in-S-M-A-R-T-data-Momentus/td-p/148427
>
> As an aside, I highly recommend the Ageis NetDock, especially when it's
> only $40 shipped.  For approximately the price of an external DVD burner,
> you can have an external DVD burner, 2.5" SATA dock, and 4 port powered USB
> hub.  It's very sturdy and final assembly occurs in the US.
>
> http://www.jr.com/apricorn/pe/APR_ANDDVDRW/
>
> (Whoops... look like they increased the price to $50 shipped.  Still a good
> deal.)
>


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