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:<br>
<br><a href="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">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</a><br>
<br>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.<br>
<br><a href="http://www.jr.com/apricorn/pe/APR_ANDDVDRW/">http://www.jr.com/apricorn/pe/APR_ANDDVDRW/</a><br><br>(Whoops... look like they increased the price to $50 shipped. Still a good deal.)<br>