The hard disk makes some funny noises (clicking, dangling, ...) and you wonder why some files are missing, though the disk is still "useable". Linux should throw a bunch of errors at boot time, but Windows (98) continues with its work until something crashes. Partha Chowdhury schrieb am So 17. Okt, 2010 16:55 CEST: >On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 01:48:06PM +0100, Mauro Santos wrote: >> If you can, try overwriting the whole disk with dd, or test it with >> badblocks using the write and readback test and see if anything >> changes. >> The not so worst case is that you caught an impending disk faillure >> before it caused trouble and you already have a backup, the best case >> is >> that you find out those values are bogus and should not be taken into >> account. > >i overwrote the whole disk with ddrescue -f /dev/zero /dev/sdb.After one >and a half hours later it stopped with the message "no space left on >device" - i guess it indicates no problem ? > >i also tried the badblocks program with -w option. It took a long time >5+ hours but did not report a bad sector. > >On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 12:17:50PM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: >> There have been a number of firmware changes/updates for seagate >> drives over the >> past 3 years and several "bad runs" of disks. Check the seagate >> support site and >> make sure you have the latest firmware for your drive. I have had the >> bad sector >> errors - sometimes a true failure, sometimes not. Just backup, monitor >> and if >> you continue to get the errors, drop of $50 on a new 1T drive. >> >I checked the seagate site and there is no firmware upgrade for this >model. On further googling, i found that seagate is only offering >firmware upgrades for 7200.12 model onwards. > >Now to be absolutely sure, i downloaded the seatools program and it ran >a short and long test which both said PASSED. > >Inspite of all these, gsmartcontrol shows the same. > >What are the indications before a disk is going bad which a normal user >can catch with bare eyes and ears ?
