Re: SMART failure message does not stay disabled on Win XP laptop
Christian Franke <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.utilities.smartmontools |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
H/B wrote: > I'm a newbie, trying to disable a Hitachi HD failure message with > smartmontools. After selecting the menu example of "smartctl -s off > sda" and running the attributes, the Smart function is disabled, but > when I restart the laptop, the failure message reappears and > smartmontools shows it has been enabled again. I can't find this FAQ > in the archives, so what am I doing wrong? The SMART check of BIOS may re-enable SMART feature set (like 'smartctl -s on -H /dev/ice'). Try to disable the SMART check in BIOS settings itself. BTW: It is not a good idea to ignore the SMART FAILED status. Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available. Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs