Failing hard drive?

[Markku Kolkka]

Rasmus Back kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 2. 
lokakuuta 2004 17:04):
> The drive is unable to complete any selftests, smartctl -c
> says that the drive supports both short and extended selftests
> (but not conveyance so that error is ok). The drive in
> question is a Seagate Barracuda ATA IV (ST340016A), and has
> been in use for 5311 hours according to smartctl.

Get the SeaTools diagnostic disc from Seagate: 
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/seatoold_reg.html
You need the ISO image, the floppy version needs Windows.
Boot with the CD and run the diagnostics.

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 Markku Kolkka
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