Richard Glazier wrote:
> Side question to my main question...
> Does anyone have a favorite HD SMART program for
> reading the SMART drive info from an HD?
> 
> I had a free good one that is likely on the bad drive... ;-(

SpeedFan - Newer versions even provide an online tool that gives you 
more information then what you see with the local tool.  (The web page 
gives better interpretation of the SMART values.)

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