Why doesn't my storage drive's SMART status appear?

Greenlizard0 · 25 Feb 2009 at 15:53

I have no idea why this is the case.

I have two raided hard drives, and they're in RAID0, so I know I can't really see their statuses. However the third one is on its own, and yet nothing appears to pick up its SMART status. It's enabled in the BIOS, yet e.g. HD Tune/Tach won't detect it.

Memphis · 25 Feb 2009 at 16:34

Disabled on the disk itself? Download the manufacturers testing/install tools and check.

Greenlizard0 · 26 Feb 2009 at 16:05

Hm, ok will see what Data Life Guard Tools & Diagnostics will tell me.

I remember why I didn't use these last time - they won't run on Vista 64

Memphis · 26 Feb 2009 at 18:30

If you haven't already got it, I would try the Ultimate Boot CD. It will almost definitely have the right tool for that particular disk.