[quote]Originally posted by jimbob2001:
<strong>Don't bother with S.M.A.R.T it only slows your hard drive down by checking it all the time. It's no good anyway cause if it does detect that you hard drive is gunna fail theres not much you can do about it..</strong><hr></blockquote>

What a ridiculous statement. S.M.A.R.T checks for early warning signs of drive failure, such as spin-up time lengthening or temperature rises indicating worn or siezed bearings for example. These things can be precursors to drive failure and can give months of warning, easily enough time to take action and backup your data. If S.M.A.R.T was a waste of time then the drive and motherboard manufacturers wouldn't spend time and money implementing it would they? I've saved many customers data after a S.M.A.R.T alert and i'm sure that they would also disagree with your post.

[quote]<strong>Leave it off, i do.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Bigger fool you then.