At 10:14 30/12/99 +1100, you wrote: >Hi All >I have seen for ages when I boot up that H/D S.M.A.R.T capability is >disabled. Can anyone enlighten me as to what this means?? Thanks Ian Hi Ian SMART stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System . As far as I know, it's software built into a hard disk which analyses performance and reliability. There's more info at Quantum's site: http://www.quantum.com/src/whitepapers/wp_smart_toc.htm Here's an excerpt from that page: The S.M.A.R.T. system is comprised of software that resides both on the disk drive and on the host computer. The disk drive software monitors the internal performance of the motors, media, heads, and electronics of the drive, while the host software monitors the overall reliability status of the drive. The reliability status is determined through the analysis of the drive's internal performance level and the comparison of internal performance levels to predetermined threshold limits. Hope this helps you Marc Guise The PCBUILD web site always needs good submissions. If you would like to contribute to the website, send any hardware tech tips or hardware reviews to: [log in to unmask]