On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 18:35 -0800, Kam Leo wrote: > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Mike McCarty > <Mike.McCarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote: > > [snip] > > > I downloaded said software, and burnt a CD-ROM. I ran the diagnostics > > on both discs (both are WDs, but of different sizes). The smaller > > one passed both a "quick" test, and an "extended" full surface scan > > test, and both in about the amount of time the tool estimated. The > > larger one (the one I'm having performance problems with) failed the > > "quick" test, due to timeout, after several times the estimated > > run time, but passed the "extended" full surface scan, though it took > > significantly longer than estimated. The estimated time was just over > > 15 hours, but the test ran 83 hours 33 minutes. > > Failing the "quick" test and long completion times are sure signs that > the drive is in trouble. You can try reformatting the drive to see if > that improves performance (doubtful). Good luck finding a new IDE > drive. You might have to use a SATA drive with a SATA-IDE adapter or > buy a SATA controller and change all your hard drives to SATA. > > > [snip] Microcenter had a good supply last time I was up there, and reasonably priced, too. They are available on the web. www.microcenter.com Regards, Les H -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
