Speedfan...is it accurate?

hiwatari · 30th Jun 2006, 09:10 PM

hi all...my 1st post here

hope i'm posting in the right thread

recently ran in-depth analysis 4 my hdd using speedfan...got 2 errors and few 'normal state' bar(if u know what i mean

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so my question is, is speedfan accurate enough in analysing my hdd's condition?i mean my hdd is running fast and quite...but why so many errors?is my hdd dying?

thanks

Chai · 1st Jul 2006, 09:57 AM

SMART monitoring tool is not exactly accurate. But you can use it as an indication. If I were you, I would start buying a new HDD and backup anything important first.

xinoxide · 3rd Jul 2006, 01:04 AM

meh, i installed it, it doesnt recognise a single thing.

windows vista is starting to annoy me, even though this proggie recognised that i was running vista, it still messes up.

Zenphic · 3rd Jul 2006, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

SMART monitoring tool is not exactly accurate. But you can use it as an indication.

Agreed! A few years ago, my SMART monitoring thing told me my main hard drive was going bad and I should replace it. A week later the warning was gone and, even today, my hard drive is still running with no coasters

30th Jun 2006, 09:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
hiwatari Newbie Join Date: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 2 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Speedfan...is it accurate? hi all...my 1st post here hope i'm posting in the right thread recently ran in-depth analysis 4 my hdd using speedfan...got 2 errors and few 'normal state' bar(if u know what i mean ) so my question is, is speedfan accurate enough in analysing my hdd's condition?i mean my hdd is running fast and quite...but why so many errors?is my hdd dying? thanks

1st Jul 2006, 09:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,667 Reputation: 3984 Rep Power: 72	SMART monitoring tool is not exactly accurate. But you can use it as an indication. If I were you, I would start buying a new HDD and backup anything important first. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

3rd Jul 2006, 01:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
xinoxide Just Started Join Date: 25 Jun 2006 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 40 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	meh, i installed it, it doesnt recognise a single thing. windows vista is starting to annoy me, even though this proggie recognised that i was running vista, it still messes up. __________________ Dynamix Studio rig: Amd athlon x2 4800 \| MSI K8N neo4 \| 4x 1Gb OCz Gold GX \| Radeon x850xt \| Radeon 9000 pci \| 2x 15" LCD's \|1x 19" LCD 1x projector \| 4x raid0 barracuda 250's \| Digidesign protools HD\|3 [$soundcard>$house] \| ultrasone proline750 headphones -peak recording:32 simultaneous 32bit 96 khz wav tracks