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From: HL0105 on 17 Sep 2008 09:49 Looking for a freeware utility that will give me S.M.A.R.T. information on an external USB hard drive. I did find HD Tune <http:// www.hdtune.com> but that works on internal drives only. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
From: Arno Wagner on 17 Sep 2008 10:51 In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage HL0105 <tron9901(a)msn.com> wrote: > Looking for a freeware utility that will give me S.M.A.R.T. > information on an external USB hard drive. I did find HD Tune <http:// > www.hdtune.com> but that works on internal drives only. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is not possible, as USB does not transfer the relevant commands. The only way os to open the enclosure, remove the disk and connect it directly. Note that some known incompetents here claim differently, but have as of now failed to provide any proof. Arno
From: Squeeze on 17 Sep 2008 11:00 HL0105 wrote in news:33acc230-8e7d-4fdf-a02c-88594fcd510e(a)a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com > Looking for a freeware utility that will give me S.M.A.R.T. > information on an external USB hard drive. I did find HD Tune <http:// > www.hdtune.com> but that works on internal drives only. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Depends on your USB drive chipset. Some chipsets from Cypress and Oxford do support passing S.M.A.R.T. , others do not. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=smart+cypress+oxford+chipset&btnG=Google+Search
From: Squeeze on 17 Sep 2008 10:48 Arno Wagner wrote in news:6jcjs0F2lad9U1(a)mid.individual.net > In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage HL0105 <tron9901(a)msn.com> wrote: > > Looking for a freeware utility that will give me S.M.A.R.T. > > information on an external USB hard drive. I did find HD Tune <http:// > > www.hdtune.com> but that works on internal drives only. > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > This is not possible, as USB does not transfer the relevant > commands. The only way os to open the enclosure, remove the disk > and connect it directly. Ignore the clueless babblebot. It's on a trolling spree lately. > > Note that some known incompetents here claim differently, but > have as of now failed to provide any proof. Like that he would know. Anyone that does is or goes in his killfile. > > Arno
From: HL0105 on 18 Sep 2008 09:20
On Sep 17, 10:00 am, "Squeeze" <rubberd...(a)duckies.au> wrote: > HL0105 wrote innews:33acc230-8e7d-4fdf-a02c-88594fcd510e(a)a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com > > > Looking for a freeware utility that will give me S.M.A.R.T. > > information on an external USB hard drive. I did find HD Tune <http:// > >www.hdtune.com> but that works on internal drives only. > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Depends on your USB drive chipset. > Some chipsets from Cypress and Oxford do support passing S.M.A.R.T. , > others do not. > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=smart+cypress+oxford+chipset&btn.... Thanks for the replies. I'm buying a new Seagate FreeAgent external USB hard drive on Ebay. I wanted to use S.M.A.R.T. to confirm that it is in fact a new drive. If S.M.A.R.T. won't work on a USB drive, is there any other way I can confirm that the drive is new? Thanks. |