On 06/20/2010 08:43 AM, Richard Shaw was caught red-handed while writing:: > On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Kam Leo<kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> You don't have to take smartd's word about the health of your drive. >> Run the manufacturer's diagnostic. >> > May not make a difference. I'm not sure about all manufacturers, but > on many consumer level drives the manufacturer software just checks > smart, like on my 500GB segate that's been RMA'd 3 times so far (on > fourth drive). > > I would recommend running a tool like MHDD which is available as a > part of System Rescue CD. It will scan all your sectors and try to > read the data off bad sectors if possible. I actually disected a > System Rescue CD and pulled the parts off of it I wanted and have grub > boot options on all my PCs. (Memtest, MHDD, System Rescue CD) > > Richard > Just downloaded the system rescue cd iso. Will see what it does. I tried to file for an rma, but the serial num and the part num were unrecognizable by the support site. Strange!! I had mistakenly stated that the drive was a WD. It is actually a seagate, and the seagate site did not recognize the serial number. Tried many times, to no avail. -- 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
