[mdlug] So... SMART tools. Do they work, and if so how?

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Fri, 2016-03-18 at 16:01 +0000, Ingles, Raymond wrote:
> 1.Do SMART tools actually work in practice? 

They accomplish their *narrow* purpose.

> Is there anything I could have done differently to get even a hint of
> warning about this?

I have pretty good using a dull-tap-on-spin-up to get another few
cycles out of a chunk-chunk-at-power-on;  this is often related to
failed bearings/spindles rather than media damage.

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