On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:15:42 -0700 (PDT) Gavin Flower <gavinflower@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Note that smart reports no bad blocks. It reports 24 bad blocks: 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 076 076 000 Old_age Always - 24 Try running a long SMART self test on the drive (smartctl -t long /dev/sdX). Also for a bit of common sense - why not just try the disk on another PC. If it produces clicking sounds and "frozen" errors when running "badblocks" even there, then what else do you expect it to do, jump out of the PC and say "i'm broken please replace me"? :) -- With respect, Roman
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