On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:25:01 -0500 William Case <billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi; > > I have some hard disk problems, every thing I try just keeps digging a > deeper hole. > SMART Data > > Disk HAS MANY BAD SECTORS > Backup all data and replace the disk > > Current Pending Sector Count > Number of sectors waiting to be remapped Is this 'palimpset' from Fedora or a diagnostic tool ? The Fedora graphical one seems to have a bee in its bonnet about certain values that don't always mean problems. If its the former then ask smartctl for a diagnosis smartctl -Hc /dev/whatever and you should get a SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED in which case the drive thinks its happy. http://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/monitoring-hard-disks-smart?page=0,1 might be useful -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
