Re: [smartmontools-support]Error SMART Enable failed: Input/output error

[Bruce A. <ba...@gr...>]

I suggest that you try a recent CVS snapshot version of smartmontools. 
Older versions had a bug where you could not enable SMART on a disk that 
had failing SMART status.

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:

>> I cannot boot Windows 2000 Professional, so I ran smartctl from Knoppix
>> 3.9.  However, smartctl cannot enable SMART.
>
> Is the electrical interface of the disk damaged?
>
>> Device Model:     Maxtor 6Y060L0
>
>> Error SMART Enable failed: Input/output error
>> Smartctl: SMART Enable Failed.
>
> Run Maxtor's disk check utility, if that finds a problem you have reason
> for a warranty replacement.
>
> Put the disk into another computer, to rule out that it's the computer
> side which is damaged. Or temporarily replace the trouble disk with a
> known good one (same cable conector!).
>
> Volker
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