Hard drive SMART bad

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by dlb, May 29, 2008.

  1. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    Western Digital IDE 200gb drive has a bad SMART status. But other than that, the hard drive is fine. It passes all other diagnostics without any issues. I know this is a long shot, but is there any way to reset the SMART status? Is it possible to maybe update the firmware and fix it? I know the answer to all this is no, but I really hate the thought of junking a 200gb hard drive that's only 8 months out of warranty.
     
    dlb, May 29, 2008
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  2. Yargwel

    Yargwel MajorGeek

    I had a WD HD that was failing SMART a couple of years ago and having bought a new drive to replace it, I low-level formatted it (ie cleared then re-partioned it) and then re-formatted it and two years later it's still working and doesn't fail SMART any more.
     
    Yargwel, May 30, 2008
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