Hello to everyone,

I have an "old" PC with two HD (40 and 80 GB) Maxtor. The 40 GB, the system disk, is about "out-of-order". It often does no allow the PC to set-up. It seems that SMART capability is switched off, I cannot set it on again. I tried to use Victoria or MHDD but, once the PC is reset the SMART capability seems to be set to OFF again.

I have read somewhere that I should set on this characteristics at BIOS level, but in the PC START-UP menu I cannot find the field to be set, so my PC is going to die definetively.

Could someone help me please ?

As far as I know, setting the SMART in BIOS does only one thing.... It checks the SMART on bootup, and gives you a crude response. Many older computers don't have this capability. If you use software that checks the SMART, you'll get a more detailed answer to your most important question (When will my HD die?), and it doesn't require anything to be set in the BIOS.