SMART Data Inconsisent

Anthony N · Sep 24, 2012

I know that manufactures use different ways to get SMART data.

Why I'm posting is I'm considering of moving all my data to my external and doing a live stream.

But I'm not exactly sure how I want to do the live stream or not... or even if I can considering the health of my hard drives.

Main Internal Drive - Hitachi

External Drive - WD

GZ · Sep 24, 2012

Both your drives appear to be in good health.

Call me a dolt, but I am not quite sure what you mean by doing a "live stream"?

If you are worried about drive health, you could run a full diagnostic on each. Drive Fitness Tools (DOS) for the Hitachi and DataLifeguard diagnostics (DOS or Windows) for the WD.

Britton30 · Sep 24, 2012

I'm a dolt too, live stream?
I would recommend you ditch Defraggler unless that snip is from an XP system. Puran Defrag free will work better with W7.:smile9:

Anthony N · Sep 25, 2012

None of you are doits.... whatever those are...

A bit of vocabulary issues on my end.

What I mean is moving my libraries to my external there by abandoning my Hitachi.

The word stream comes from when my high school beta tested a "hard drive less" computer. Which worked if their network wasn't so congested.

Well now I'm back to try the same thing only locally on my external drive.

And yes I did do it over the network once and it was ok for speed and games were not effected too much as long as the games were stored locally.

But that's another story for another day.

Anthony N · Sep 25, 2012

Britton, that is win7.

I've used defraggler for years and it's became my idol for hdd maintenance. It'd be hard to convince me in a change.

What are the +'s to your suggestion?

GZ thanks, I'm in that stage where I'm awake but asleep (when I wrote this post) but I will deff look into those tools.any links for me?

GZ · Sep 25, 2012

I understand Stream, I just didn't understand how... locally... ugh...

DLG - http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=605&sid=3&lang=en

DFT - http://majorgeeks.com/IBM_-_Hitachi_Drive_Fitness_Test_d2828.html

Anthony N · Sep 25, 2012

Ok.... Since "mobile Sysnative" wont cooperate with me you got me up GZ.

Yea, its an odd concept. But I've never really liked the hard drives being in my tower to start with.

Plus I have I have this rare case of HDD Activity LED OCD. I need to know what the HDD is doing.

GZ · Sep 25, 2012

I would like to make a suggestion then...

Instead of USB, use eSATA. You get the full SATA bandwidth, with the convenience of an external drive...

Anthony N · Sep 25, 2012

It says USB as an interface, but actually using USB 3.0 over PCI express 1x

Unfortionally I will not be spoiled with eSATA until my new build, which is on a different thread in this board.

What I'd really like to do is get a larger SSD and then use two HDDs and use them in tandem so that technically the only thing in my tower is my SSD...

But alas, controller failure with the external drives will be wake up call...

GZ · Sep 25, 2012

Yeah I just ripped apart my USB 3 external drive and threw it inside because it pissed me off.

Anthony N · Sep 25, 2012

You know GZ, if you've been to my remodel thread...

When I complete those three projects... my desk layout is gonna be so different. especially with dual monitor and dual external drive.

Heh, if I brought someone over that had not a idea what was going on, I could hide the tower and totally make it seem like all the action is from the external drive

GZ · Sep 25, 2012

Ha. With technology these days, you could put a computer inside one of those HDDs... :lol:

Yes. I have been to your remodel thread.... Lookin' good.

Anthony N · Sep 25, 2012

Thanks dude.

Yea with my Vacation on the lineup, it pushed my projects back.

And now that I've made the final drop, I've gonna start pushing to get my apartment stuff ordered and have that all sitting in storage. The target goal is to be in my new place by the end of 2013.

GZ · Sep 25, 2012

Man... You have an apartment! That means that all your space is yours!!! (my Office is shared... My kid's bedroom... :lol:)

Anthony N · Sep 25, 2012

Not necessarily, I will have to share it with my lover when moved in. God only knows what all will be brought with.

GZ · Sep 25, 2012

Well... It's still yours... Mine is my wife's... I miss having my OWN place! :lol:

Anthony N · Sep 25, 2012

Wellllllll.... We could always add on the man-cave

Mine is more the man-errrrr, man-office/bedroom LMAO

GZ · Sep 25, 2012

Cave... No room for a cave! Tried the basement... Do damp and dingy (100 year old house) and I have to share with the cats!!!! I was only down there for a month and it took me 20 minutes to clean all the cat hair off my chair!

Anthony N · Sep 25, 2012

ouch. well I guess sharing with the kids until they leave the nest will work. eh eh... or new digs altogether.

GZ · Sep 25, 2012

Well, I only get them once a month or so... I have the room to myself for the most part of the time.

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