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"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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> In article <VL6dnXFABKszr1vdRVn-gQ@comcast.com>, "JBM"
> <jmanning95@hotimail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to read the S.M.A.R.T data on drives attached
> > to the Promise RAID controller on a P4C800 Deluxe MB?
> > If it is how do I.
> > Aida32 will read it from drives on the regular IDE ports.
> >
> > Jim M
>
> I have a copy of the Promise Array Management Utility
> manual, and in the FastTrak Options section, there
> is a check box "Enable SMART Check". But the question
> remains, what software can read it, once it is enabled.
> I don't know whether it is strictly associated with
> ATA/IDE drives or whether your copy of AIDA will see
> the Promise RAID drives, once that check box has
> enabled the function.
>
> If all that PAM is doing, is setting up a registry
> setting, you might keep the key it sets, and uninstall
> PAM, to save on unnecessary clutter.
>
> Have fun,
> Paul
Thanks didn't think of that. I installed PAM and get a SMART
status of functional on each drive. I was getting errors in scan
disk which were always in the directory used by system restore.
I disabled then reenabled system restore and the errors went away.
Jim M