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Re: Got a warning about my SSD from HD Sentinel

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"Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:cPmdnf_FYZnm49bLnZ2dnUU7-Y_OydjZ@giganews.com...
> Yesterday, I got a big warning email from HD Sentinel stating that my 
> desktop's SSD is about to suffer imminent failure, it said that the Raw 
> Read Error Rate had crossed a certain threshold. HDS also rated the drive 
> health at 0%! But when I went in and logged into the machine itself, and 
> looked in the HDS interface itself, it showed no such errors, and showed 
> the drive reliability at 99%!
>
> I've asked the developer of HDS for his opinion, he says that he thinks I 
> should replace the drive anyway, as it's likely indicating an ongoing 
> problem that's likely to recur. I'm not so sure about that. What's your 
> opinion?

That we need to see the actual SMART report, not just
some number that steaming turd plucks out of the air. 

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Got a warning about my SSD from HD Sentinel Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2015-11-17 14:22 -0500
  Re: Got a warning about my SSD from HD Sentinel ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-11-17 14:52 -0600
  Re: Got a warning about my SSD from HD Sentinel "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 10:33 +1100
    Re: Got a warning about my SSD from HD Sentinel Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2015-11-18 02:19 -0500
      Re: Got a warning about my SSD from HD Sentinel "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 12:45 +1100
        Re: Got a warning about my SSD from HD Sentinel Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2015-11-20 10:48 -0500

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