HDD S.M.A.R.T - What is it??

[Paul Cryer]

What is this? Should I have it enabled or disabled on my 17GB Maxtor Editing Drive?

[miker]

it's a form of 'smart monitoring' whereby the drive records information about itself when it errors so that, in theory, it can warn you if it's about to fail.

i don't bother with it.