Hard Drive Tools - JOBO GIGA VU SONIC Manual

1. Hard Drive Tools

With built-in hard drive tools of
drive information, get to know and optimize performance of your hard drive, and
reduce data loss due to hard drive breakdowns like bad sectors, etc.
Viewing capacity and S.M.A.R.T. information:
Under <Tools> on the main menu, select <Hard Drive>
about capacity of the hard drive (including usage) is displayed. Press "OK" button to
switch to S.M.A.R.T. information, and it is feasible to operate in opposite order.
S.M.A.R.T.
The full name of S.M.A.R.T. is Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology,
which is mainly used to detect and record the predictable mechanical malfunctions
occurred to the hard drive. This type of predictable malfunction accounts for more
than 60% of total malfunctions of the hard drive. With S.M.A.R.T., warnings can be
issued before occurrence of this type of malfunctions to protect data content against
loss.
Formatting the hard drive:
o Ensure the hard drive is installed properly (refer to the section of "Hard
Drive Installation").
o Under <Tools> on the main menu, select <Hard Drive>
o Select <Format> after confirming the hard drive information.
o After two times of confirmation, select number of partitions. Capacities
of partitions will be evenly allotted as per capacity of the built-in hard
drive (if a hard drive of 120GB is divided into 3 partitions, capacities for
C, D and E partitions will be 40GB respectively, but the actual capacity
is slightly smaller than this value).
o After formatting is completed, turn off
partitions will be applied when the unit is restarted.
Testing performance of the hard drive:
Under <Tools> on the main menu, select <Hard Drive>
testing is completed, press any button to exit.
You can use the tool to:
• test the maximum reading speed, minimum reading speed and average
reading speed that the hard drive can achieve on
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