woofmatix Author

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SMART Status Not Showing

Hi there,

I just noticed that my main drive (system drive) is not showing the SMART status. Any idea?

I own a MacBook Pro Early 2011 13 Inch i5 Processor.

Logic Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 31, 2014 3:45 AM

23 replies

Lanny

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Oct 10, 2015 7:22 PM in response to woofmatix

I have used SMART Utility in the past to diagnose a failing hard drive. It works very well. The SMART status offered by OS X's Disk Utility is worthless in comparison. It kept indicating that the disk was okay after Repairs we're made, but in short order it would bog down and Repairs never made it reliable.

Your drive is going on 5 years old, it had a good run, dump it while you can still get your data off of it. This is also why you should maintain a backup on an external drive.

It's a good opportunity to upgrade to a SSD.

woofmatix Author

Level 1

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Oct 11, 2015 5:35 AM in response to Cunnla

Ok so here's what. My computer was a bit slow. While I have tried a few maintenance tips online and also a clean install the machine slowed down again. As a last resort I checked the SMART status of the hard disk using a third party app and that is when I discovered.

The reasons for me to suspect this is that it takes about 1 minute and 10 secs to boot up (Yosemite), unless of course this is the norm for machines that are from this time. Also, attached below are some screenshots of a diagnostics report of the status of my HDD if that helps.

I'd also like to add that the spinning rainbow wheel pops up on an off when right clicking as well. That's another reason for my concern.

Cunnla

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Oct 11, 2015 5:46 AM in response to woofmatix

Sure looks like you should replace the drive. You can choose to keep using it until it fails completely, as long as you have backups of all your important files, but if you can afford it you should order a new SSD or hard disk.

Lanny

Level 6

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Oct 11, 2015 5:48 AM in response to woofmatix

Those are all symptoms of a failing drive. How many times do you have to be told. Make a backup as soon as you can.

woofmatix Author

Level 1

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Oct 11, 2015 5:50 AM in response to Cunnla

I do have backups. I would have to try work on getting another hard disk in that case. Thanks for the advice. 🙂

woofmatix Author

Level 1

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Oct 11, 2015 5:51 AM in response to Lanny

I have backups. That is not my problem! Where I come from, affordability is a problem, so yeah, that is why.

Lanny

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Oct 11, 2015 5:53 AM in response to woofmatix

Note, if one of your backups was a clone, as opposed to TimeMachine, you would be able to run your Mac from it, with no risk of data loss. Plus it would make drive replacement easier.

woofmatix Author

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Oct 11, 2015 5:55 AM in response to Lanny

Noted. Thanks.

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