F fj Sep 3, 2006 #1 Is there any program that will/can read SMART status from an IDE drive connected via USB? Thanks
R Rod Speed Sep 3, 2006 #2 fj said: Is there any program that will/can read SMART status from an IDE drive connected via USB? Click to expand... Nope.
fj said: Is there any program that will/can read SMART status from an IDE drive connected via USB? Click to expand... Nope.
A Arno Wagner Sep 3, 2006 #3 Previously fj said: Is there any program that will/can read SMART status from an IDE drive connected via USB? Click to expand... No, and it cannot be created at this time. The USB standardisation comitte just put in the SCSI command set which does not support ATA SMART. You need to remove the HDD from the enclosure and connect it directly to an (S)ATA port in the computer to read the SMART attributes. Arno
Previously fj said: Is there any program that will/can read SMART status from an IDE drive connected via USB? Click to expand... No, and it cannot be created at this time. The USB standardisation comitte just put in the SCSI command set which does not support ATA SMART. You need to remove the HDD from the enclosure and connect it directly to an (S)ATA port in the computer to read the SMART attributes. Arno
