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advancedgeek · 07-28-2007, 10:34 AM

How do you know if your HD is failing or not i saw the .S.M.A.R.T. results but i don't know what the worst and those values mean. So can someone could tell me what each of those value mean? Also how do people get their hard drives to fail? overheating? overusing? ???

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advancedgeek Ultra Techie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 528	Best way to know if your HD is failing or not??? How do you know if your HD is failing or not i saw the .S.M.A.R.T. results but i don't know what the worst and those values mean. So can someone could tell me what each of those value mean? Also how do people get their hard drives to fail? overheating? overusing? ??? __________________ Graphics card: Inno3D Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS @ 640/940 (core/memory) MB: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 v3.3 F12 RAM: 2 Kingston HyperX DDR2 800MHz (4GB total) CPU: Core 2 Duo E6320 @variable rates (will fix my fan problem soon and overclock high again) HSF: Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme & Antec Tricool 120mm fan PSU: Delta Serverpower 550W HD: Seagate 400GB ST340032AS & Excelstor 80GB (both SATA) Case: don't know what case it is but it is very crappy Optical Drive: Lite-on 16X DVD+&- RW DL (died) using a CD-ROM drive until I get a new blu ray burner or whatever i can get http://web26.hopto.org:443/ been afk from tech-forums for a while so this is the updates specs