On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> To me, it is a bit surprising how the failure of the hard disk can be >> predicted (and with a time projection)! > > One of the lines you listed was the "reallocated sector count". > Basically, when you buy a 500G drive, it really has more space than > that. Some of the sectors are reserved and not reported to the system. > When the drive detects a bad sector, it relocates it to one of the > reserved sectors. Once it has relocated a certain number, it reports > the drive as failing (possibly because it is out of reserved sectors to > use). > >> I have already done a full backup. Should I wait for some days to >> check out whether the alarm is true or not? > > Given there were a bunch of reallocated sectors, I'd replace it as soon > as possible and then destroy it. Thanks, Chris, for your very useful clarification -- I now understand better the things at issue. Paul -- 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
