From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Sat Apr 07 2001 - 02:56:45 EDT
i won't flog a dead horse, but IMO its better than listening for those odd
clicks..
then worrying..
so, lets have someone with a half failed drive try it and see what it
reports..
once, many years ago, i drove from brisbane, across san francisco, to
miraloma drive on a flat tire..
the point, if any, is that i got home without needing to take a bus..
so it (the flat) did not work like a real "full of air tire", but it got me
home..
(please, no full of hot air comments.. <g>)
if EZ Smart only works half the time, you're better off half of the time..
gee, i sure hope EZ Smart does not turn out to be a complete dud..!
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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From: "Steve C." <stevec50_at_yahoo.com>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: TP 600 HDD Noise
> I have EZSmart drives and have never seen it work
> either despite having several failures. The problem is
> that it only reports certain errors and then only to
> the EZSmart program which has to be running or be
> supported by the main board's BIOS.
> If you aren't running EZSmart and don't get the right
> type of error, it's completely useless!
>
> --- Paul Khoury <pkhoury_at_loop.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 01:10:55 -0400, Bill Morrow
> > wrote:
> >
> > >there is a utility that will monitor the HDD for
> > errors or impending doom..
> > >its calles EZSmart and there is a link to it on my
> > web site..
> > >
> > And I've never seen it work, despite hard drive
> > errors where the OS crashes,
> > and you hear the drive seeking and seeking...
> >
> > >FWIW, the 20gig in my X20 is seeking all the time
> > (mostly) and i can NOT
> > >find the reason..
> > >
> >
> > I had 2 5GB's that do that as well, one in the 701
> > (which is hardly ever used anymore),
> > and a drive I had in a desktop.
> >
> >
>
>
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