Kumara wrote: > Thanks a lot, i got it, i'm using a SATA Hard Disk but my CDROM and CDwriter > are IDE (ATAPI). Smartd doesn't do anything useful for CD drives. James. -- James Wilkinson | It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to Exeter Devon UK | realise that you are in a hurry. E-mail address: james | @westexe.demon.co.uk |