5 Sep
2012
5 Sep
'12
7:39 p.m.
On 5 Sep 2012 at 22:07, Keith Monahan wrote:
Drives have what are called "pre-failure"
attributes, and if the
values of those attributes exceed the threshold, then the drive is
considered to be failing. The drive manufacturer will (generally)
honor the warranty if THEIR smart utilities confirm the failure.
I was surprised to have a 5GB Seagate ST-1 CF-style microdrive report
a SMART "impending failure" when used on an IDE-CF adapter. Do CF
cards of the flash variety implement SMART? IOW, will they inform
you that the number of available blocks is about to decline?
--Chuck