On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:58:21 -0500, TH O wrote:


Is the manufacturer's drive test only testing writing and reading to the
disk or is it assessing the SMART status?

I don't know.

What software did you run and which test did it pass?

It's the drive test software that Maxtor (now Seagate) supplies for
testing their drives. There are two tests quick and more intensive.
I ran the more intensive.