Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 013 013 036 Pre-fail > Always FAILING_NOW 3587 What the other respondents missed is that this is the *reallocated* sector count. It is a count of the sectors that have already been replaced by spares. There are no unreadable files currently. The replacement only happens on writes, so you are probably seeing freshly written, pristine files. As to the haste you should replace the disk with, that all depends on how the sectors got trashed in the first place. If you moved the computer while it was up and writing to the disk the arm could have been jiggled onto the next track during the write. I know that happens with 3-1/2" drives. I was seeing an ever increasing reallocated sectors on my desktop machine until I traced the lossage back to me tilting the case forward in order to get easier access to the connectors on the back. Another computer, my laptop has had 6 reallocated sectors since the first few weeks after I got it. That was 7+ years ago. The disk is still going strong with no increase in reallocated sector count (or pending reallocation sector count) in all those years. Stable reallocated counts shouldn't bother you too much. It is when they go up that you should be concerned. On the other hand, I do nightly rsync backups to a spare disk. According to google, which probably has more disks that the NSA, only half of the disk drive deaths are preceded by smartmon saying anything. -wolfgang -- g+: https://plus.google.com/114566345864337108516/about -- 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
