Hard Drive S.M.A.R.T fitness threshold

Lebon14 · 18 Mar 2010

Hi guys.
I take my hard drives with a lot of care and I often open SpeedFan to get their S.M.A.R.T.

So, I just happen to know that my 500GB hard drive's fitness, which host all my music, fell below the 90% fitness mark (88%). But the performance is there (98%).

So, I wondered, below what % I need to think about buying another hard drive before risking my music on it?

Thanks for the information!

seekermeister · 18 Mar 2010

I really do not know, but I have had drives that lasted even after their smart reporting failed altogether for quite some time. Rather than automatically replacing it at some particular value, I would just keep an up to date backup image of it's contents and keep trucking...but then I'm the type that will keep tires on my car until they blow.

Lebon14 · 19 Mar 2010

Thx for the reply. Anyone else?

starwolf1336 · 20 Mar 2010

I agree with seeker. I have all my files backed up as well as a log of all the programs installed. So if my hard drive decides to fail on me one day, i wont lose a thing. Except precious internet time till i replace it.