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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At some time or other we are going to face a Hard
Drive failure on our PC's or Laptops, as average life is stated as around 5
years, so backups are essential.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you experience a sudden
<STRONG>permanent</STRONG> slow down in performance, best to check your Hard
Drive(s).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is worth downloading and installing the <FONT
color=#ff0000><STRONG>Acronis Drive Monitor</STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#000000>,
from <A
href="http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/download/drive-monitor/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/download/drive-monitor/</FONT></A> which
is a small utility reporting historical S.M.A.R.T. hard drive data.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#000000>A fully functional Hard Drive
should report 100% Health, but I recently saw a customers problematic
Laptop reporting only 30% Health ... a crash possibly
imminent !!!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When downloading IGNORE the request to include
additional Acronis software products ...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stuart.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>