As best I can tell, the SMART is enabled on both computers. I ran the
MaxBlaster diagnostic software and even in the full test mode it reports
that the drive is fine. The Intel motherboard, however, insists that the
drive is about to fail. Does Intel have something against Maxtor?

Peter
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First thing I would do is go to the Maxtor site, download and run their
MaxBlast utility and test the drive,  The SMART was probably turned off
on
your other setup.  The SMART circuitry is supposed to predict faliure
before
it happens so you can get your data off before you loose it.
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology   Here is a random
site I
pulled up on Google that can explain more:
http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/ .
In my experience, this technology is very reliable and I always turn it
on
in any machine I work on.

Howard Rubin
Fortaleza, Brazil

Peter wrote:
In migrating my files to my new P4 computer, I temporarily connected my
Maxtor 40G hard drive to the new board. During booting, I got a SMART
message saying that the drive was reporting an error and that I should
backup the data and replace the drive. I never got this message on my

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