Re: bad HD sectors

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On 06/19/2010 11:16 PM, Kam Leo was caught red-handed while writing::
> 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.
>    
Well, I will try the WD lifeguard diagnostic tool.
I am  not very hopeful, but they will probably
ask me to do it before they will give me an rma.



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