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Old October 29th 17, 02:50 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Mayayana
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"Paul" wrote

| All IDE/SATA drives now have SMART.
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| It provides statistics.
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I understand that much. When I researched it in the past
it never seemed to be very useful. The experts seem to
say that the numbers require careful interpretation, and
even then are misleading. So what's the point if it can't
be depended on?

You seem to have looked into the details far more than
I would ever think to. I don't think I've ever actually had
a drive die. And I've repaired many cheap PCs for friends,
with drives 10-12 years old and still going. Typically I'll
replace those and save the old for backup.

Now I have a 3-year-old WD Blue that the diagnostic
software says is kaput. I'm wondering if there's any
validity to Neil's belief that Win8 may have somehow killed
it, and if so, how that might be possible.
I also wonder if it may currently be typical to have
software installed that never stops accessing the disk.

In other words, my concern is not with the efficiency
of SMART in predicting a dying drive. I wouldn't want
to depend on that anyway. I'm just wondering whether
there may be special considerations with the "Metro
Series" of Windows.

Three years is the typical low-end prediction of
a drive's life, but I've never actually seen one die
so soon.


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