Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T capability - benefits / risks ??

Are there any major advantages or disadvantages in enabling Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T capability?
My setup is:-
Windows 7 Pro X64.
Processor AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 545 Processor, 3000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processors
MB:GA-MA785GMT-UD2H
HDD: Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166 ATA Device
Seagate ST31000528AS ATA Device

Enabling? Have you disabled smart?

Bill2 said:

Enabling? Have you disabled smart?

'Twas never enabled.
Why else would I ask?

Yes, it is useful in diagnostics. Enable it. No performance loss.

Schroff87 said:

Yes, it is useful in diagnostics. Enable it. No performance loss.

Thank you for the concise response.

S.M.A.R.T. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

There must be functionality that my version of HDTune does not provide. I see no way that this application can help me predict when I am going to have a HDD failure.

Is there more to HDTune than this snip reveals?



Is the S.M.A.R.T feature available in Windows 7 Home Premium?

dustywoodworker said:

There must be functionality that my version of HDTune does not provide. I see no way that this application can help me predict when I am going to have a HDD failure.

Is there more to HDTune than this snip reveals?



Is the S.M.A.R.T feature available in Windows 7 Home Premium?

Do you have smart enable in BIOS? if yes, click on Health.

theog said:

dustywoodworker said:

There must be functionality that my version of HDTune does not provide. I see no way that this application can help me predict when I am going to have a HDD failure.

Is there more to HDTune than this snip reveals?



Is the S.M.A.R.T feature available in Windows 7 Home Premium?

Do you have smart enable in BIOS? if yes, click on Health.

Thank you, I am not SMART enough to have checked in the BIOS.

All you had to do was press "Health" in HDtune. You have used the benchmarking function instead.