Timeline for Disabling SMART in Mac
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| Oct 14, 2023 at 21:47 | comment | added | Joep van Steen | Step 1 would be getting rid of USB 'layer' and find a PC where you can hook up the the drive to SATA. Data recovery, bad sectors, unstable drives and USB don't mix well. | |
| Oct 7, 2023 at 9:12 | comment | added | Tetsujin | How is the drive connected? Internal, external, USB 2, 3, Thunderbolt? Data says SATA, which would make me assume internal… but doesn't explain how it's disk4 on an iMac with only 2 SATA ports internally. Macs don't carry proper data over USB without some additional work. superuser.com/questions/1616395/… | |
| Oct 6, 2023 at 22:15 | comment | added | sawdust | This FAQ states that SMART needs to be disabled from the BIOS. | |
| Oct 6, 2023 at 22:02 | history | edited | sawdust | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 6, 2023 at 20:53 | comment | added | ChanganAuto | What problem(s) are you trying to solve, exactly? | |
| S Oct 6, 2023 at 20:41 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Oct 6, 2023 at 20:41 | history | asked | margalo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |