catch all possible HDD errors - it's just a very valuable indicator." Please read the section about the reliability of S.M.A.R.T. alert doesn't mean that your HDD will completely fail for sure, nor can S.M.A.R.T. These are just well-meant suggestions, you are of course free to ignore them. alert sufficient evidence that the disk is bad, and will immediately issue an RMA for its replacement under warranty.ģ.) In any case you should not rely on said disk with critical data anymore. Some disk manufacturers consider a S.M.A.R.T. alert since disks might fail without predictable signs, there might not be enough time left for a complete backup and there could also be already some data corruption at this point).Ģ.) Contact Apple, or your disk manufacturers technical support department for instructions. Q: Why can't I command-drag the menu icon of SMARTReporter?ġ.) Make sure your backup of all valuable data on the disk is complete and up-to-date (do not delay making backups until you get a S.M.A.R.T. Q: Why does SMARTReporter display only one menu icon although i have multiple HDDs? attributes for my disk show 'Pre-fail', is my disk going to fail? Q: Does SMARTReporter work under non-admin accounts? Q: How can I limit the size of the log-file? Q: How to change how long SMARTReporter preserved collected data for plotting? Q: Does SMARTReporter work when no user is logged-on? Q: How reliable are the e-mail problem notification mechanisms? Q: I've set SMARTReporter not to display an icon in the Menu or the Dock. Q: How can i make SMARTReporter do things like playing a loud sound when it detects a disk problem? Q: Why does the "Disk-Space-Check" not match the values seen in the Finder? Q: Does SMARTReporter support 'Fusion'-disks? Q: Why does SMARTReporter claim to check more disks than I actually have? Q: Will running SMARTReporter prevent my Mac or its disks from going to (idle) sleep? Q: Why would I need SMARTReporter although S.M.A.R.T. checking on disks attached to PCI-ATA-cards? checking on external disks (USB/FireWire)? Q: Which disks can SMARTReporter actually check for problems? Q: What about the polling interval for the S.M.A.R.T. status than SMART Utility, TechTool Pro or DriveDX? Q: Why does SMARTReporter report another S.M.A.R.T. Q: Can SMARTReporter predict every possible disk failure? Q: What to do when SMARTReporter informs me about an I/O-error? Q: What to do when SMARTReporter informs me about a failed S.M.A.R.T. and then, with every driver installation make the test again, so you do know which driver/tool/software makes your system crashing.Q: What to do when SMARTReporter informs me about a S.M.A.R.T.let it be for now and see if it again crashes after a few minutes. even it there are not the best drivers for CPU, network.do not install vendor specific tools/software.So when you install Windows, then do a clean install and And sorry, there are such tools out there. well, the fan-speed was reduced, but the cpu overheated and did the emergency stop/turned off). it wanted to reduce the noise by turning off the CPU-fan and when the processor get's too hot it reduces it's clock rate. Or you (or some "optimization" tools) created some invalid settings (Bad story: I saw a tool at one of my customers " make your system silent". If you used the same drivers then it might be possible, that you got another laptop, but the same drivers make the culprit. Then: BSOD means today your hardware is defect or the drivers, which build the connection between operating system and hardware have defects. First verify you really got another laptop (verify the serial numbers)
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