Is my hard drive ok ?

Kam Leo kam.leo at gmail.com
Wed Nov 30 05:40:34 UTC 2005


On 11/29/05, John Summerfied <debian at herakles.homelinux.org> wrote:
> Bob Gustafson wrote:
> > I would back up data on disk and retire disk as soon as possible.
> Why is that?
>
> If you're frighted by the CRC errors, I don't think you should be,
> Especially if the count is stable.
>
>
> I'd enrol in the smartmon tools list at sf.net and ask advice there.
> There, there are folk who know what they're talking about and,
> importantly, that I know know what they're talking about.
>
>
> >
> >
> > Franck Y wrote:
> >
> >> Fellows,
> >>
> >> Is My hard drive ok ?
> >> I did a long test and every thing was ok !
> >> But i see the pre-fail
> >> Is my hard drive ok or you think i have to change it
> >> Thanks
> >> ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE
> >> UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
> >>  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000b   200   200   051    Pre-fail
> >> Always       -       0
> >>  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0007   128   125   021    Pre-fail
> >> Always       -       6133
> >>  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   040    Old_age
> >> Always       -       74
> >>  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   200   200   140    Pre-fail
> >> Always       -       0
> >>  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000b   200   200   051    Pre-fail
> >> Always       -       0
> >>  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   098   098   000    Old_age
> >> Always       -       1564
> >> 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   253   051    Pre-fail
> >> Always       -       0
> >> 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0013   100   253   051    Pre-fail
> >> Always       -       0
> >> 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age
> >> Always       -       73
> >> 194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   101   091   000    Old_age
> >> Always       -       49
> >> 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age
> >> Always       -       0
> >> 197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   200   200   000    Old_age
> >> Always       -       0
> >> 198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0012   200   200   000    Old_age
> >> Always       -       0
> >> 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x000a   200   253   000    Old_age
> >> Always       -       317
> >> 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0009   200   200   051    Pre-fail
> >> Offline      -       0
> >>
> >> --
> >> Franck
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
> Cheers
> John
>

You don't have to rely upon smartmon. You can always use the
diagnostic provided by the manufacturer of your drive.  If you bought
an OEM drive go to the manufacturer's web site and download it. 
Otherwise dig out that floppy or CDROM and run the test(s).




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