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USING THE S.M.A.R.T. DRIVERS WITH WINDOWS 95
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If you believe you have a SMART (Self-Monitoring And Reporting Technology)
hard drive, but the SMART sensor in Norton System Doctor reports that no
SMART drives can be found on your system, you may want to try installing
the Microsoft SMART driver that we've provided for your convenience in the
SMARTDRV folder on this CD. The original release of Windows 95 did not
include these drivers as a part of its installation. If you are using
Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2), the drivers were installed with
Windows.
To install the driver, double-click SMARTUPD.EXE and follow the instructions
on the screen.
SMART is built-in to newer hard drives. It allows these drives to monitor
their own operation and predict most drive-hardware failures before they occur.
The Norton System Doctor SMART sensor warns when a disk drive failure is imminent,
but this sensor only supports drives that have SMART built-in. With this warning,
you can back up your files and replace or repair your drive before losing
valuable data.