Yavuz <yavuz@...> wrote: >1- Maxtor 20.4GB, 7200RPM, 512KB Buffer, UDMA33, >connected to IDE1 of motherboard. DMA option checked under >device manager. S.M.A.R.T. turned on from BIOS. This drive has >3 partitions Turn SMART off right away. This is Self Monitoring And Reliability Testing, and periodically checks your disk for faults etc. I don't trust hardware checkers such as this for audio / video applications and I would disable it immediately. Regards, Phil