On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Peter Langfelder <peter.langfelder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:04 PM, JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> Well, I am not actively using the disk. Too risky. >> I am trying to find out if there is reasonable doubt >> as to what the smartd is reporting as if the are recent >> errors. >> At this point I will try to see if it is still >> under warranty and have it serviced. > > You may want to consider using fsck to check for bad sectors within > your filesystem(s). This will definitely not report bad sectors that > were marked as such by the manufacturer. But it may take more time > than finding out whether smart reports them. > > Peter You don't have to take smartd's word about the health of your drive. Run the manufacturer's diagnostic. -- 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
