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Any way to disable SMART reporting during install?
(oops-that's INstall, not IMstall)
I'm doing a W7 test install onto a SATA HDD that's past its prime. But I know it works OK because it was dispensing files a few minutes ago as a logical in another system.
At first, I couldn't boot the test machine at all because a Smart control in the BIOS (UEFI) was blocking it at the first boot screen. So I entered UEFI and set SMART to OFF.
The machine booted okay and the install progressed normally, but when it to got the point where Windows asked 'Where do you want to install Windows?' and I answered 'THAT disk and partition', it told me, 'You can't pal. The disk's stuffed, U\S, poked. It's an ex-disk'.
Well, words to that effect.
Here's my question: I can go into the CMD box at this point by hitting Shift\F10. Is there a command line for turning off the SMART control so Windows will stop being granny-ish and let me install to this 'failing' HDD?
Obviously, I don't care if the drive gets the death rattle tomorrow, I just want do this test install today.
Command line geekery desperately needed, please
Last edited by teckneeculler; 10 Jan 2016 at 20:46.