My anecdote:
* clicking HDD with horrible read write speed have HEALTHY SMART
* HDD With "failed" SMART status is still going strong for years (more than 3 years I think).
* HDD suddenly totally broke and SMART gave no warning (its supposed to give you a warning of imminent failure after BIOS screen or after windoes logo, I forgot)
* clicking HDD with horrible read write speed have HEALTHY SMART
* HDD With "failed" SMART status is still going strong for years (more than 3 years I think).
* HDD suddenly totally broke and SMART gave no warning (its supposed to give you a warning of imminent failure after BIOS screen or after windoes logo, I forgot)