re: extended offline self-test of hard drive Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 6:38 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) wheel wrote: |On the test mentioned, it tells me that my hdd has failed, |and the action to take is replace the hdd. | If the wording is as you report, that is just odd. Makes me wonder if a non-English speaker wrote that version of S.M.A.R.T. (This reminds me of some of the crappy freeway signs I've seen that may as well say "You just passed your exit".) 8-( |Using Compaq diagnostics, everything passes with flying colors. |To me, the hdd seems to be working fine, no operating issues. | SMART is *VERY* good at predicting eminent drive failure. If SMART has flagged this drive, I'd make sure I stayed well backed up. I'd start price-shopping for a new drive as well. Written in response to: re: extended offline self-test of hard drive (wheel: Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 6:05 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] extended offline self-test of hard drive (wheel: Thu, Oct 2, 2008, 3:08 pm) re: extended offline self-test of hard drive (gewg_: Thu, Oct 2, 2008, 5:21 pm) re: extended offline self-test of hard drive (wheel: Thu, Oct 2, 2008, 6:05 pm) re: extended offline self-test of hard drive (gewg_: Thu, Oct 2, 2008, 6:38 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum