On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:34:33 +0000, JB wrote: > Juan R. de Silva <juan.r.d.silva <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> ... > > Do you see the same SMART errors under your other distros ? Yes, the same errors under all of them. I've tried it under systemrescuecd - same results. > Suggestions: > 1. see if BIOS has harddisk self-test (read; read-write) No, it does not have it. > 2. check your > hd manufacturer's web site for diagnostics/repair utility There is only DOS and only diagnostic utility. I've not tried it yet, since it does not have any repair option anyway. > 3. $ man > hdparm > # hdparm -I /dev/sd? > study it (I have not tried it myself ...) VERY DANGEROUS according > to manual ! --make-bad-sector > --read-sector > --repair-sector > --write-sector That is a very good suggestion. I've totally forgotten about hdparm. This is the only thing I've not tried yet. I'll try it the next few days, since I get busy with other things right now. Thank you. -- 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
