On 13 Jul 2023 at 21:43, Samuel Sieb wrote: Date sent: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:43:34 -0700 Subject: Re: WD BLUE SSD died. Not even seen in BIOS or via USB? To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On 7/13/23 21:08, Michael Hennebry wrote: > > If you really want a warning and all else fails, > > use your own checksums. > > Have a process walk the filesystem. > > If a file is open for writing, skip it. > > If a file is older than the recorded checksum, > > test the checksum. > > Write a new checksum. > > > > Where to put the checksums is left as an exercise for the reader. > > If you're using btrfs, everything is automatically checksummed at all times. > > But I don't know what this will warn you of in this case. SSDs usually > fail suddenly with no warning. It's very unlikely that you will get > corrupted data. Not very happy with WD support, was actually looking for info to figure out what happened with drive versus trying to get a replacement, but that seems all they are concerned about NOT DOING. Then on top of that. The two WD Black drives I just ordered and seller sent serial numbers without being asked. WD Support comes back that those serial numbers were meant for drives installed in systems, so WD provides no warranty. Likely that others fall into same conditions. Think if a company makes a product, they would stand behind it. Person seems nice, but would prefer a straight answer. You are screwed that our drive failed, and we don't provide any support.... Thanks for the info. Guess I'll create monthly images of all systems to be save. Pulled out a new 4TB Seagate regular drive I had sitting around, and will make image files of the 1TB disks on it. Than hope it continues with no problem. Seagate Iron Horse... > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +------------------------------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue