On 12/23/10 10:34 PM, 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 ? > > Suggestions: > 1. see if BIOS has harddisk self-test (read; read-write) > 2. check your hd manufacturer's web site for diagnostics/repair utility > 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 > I highly recommend NOT trying to fix bad sectors. Just look and see if the number is increasing as you use the drive. If it does, time to get another/RMA this drive. BTW, the OP did not state who the manufacturer of the drive is, but some manfacturers are known to have drives that ship with recovered bad sectors that S.M.A.R.T. finds bad after very little use. James McKenzie -- 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
