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On 12/04/2022 02:27, Dale wrote: |
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> The one I aborted was because it was stuck on 10% for well over a day. |
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> The whole test doesn't take that long, or shouldn't anyway. I restarted |
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> it shortly after that. I might add, the test did take many hours longer |
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> than it estimated which from my past experience is quite odd. It's |
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> usually pretty accurate. Still, it completed and shows it passed, just |
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> has a boo boo on it. I also did a file system check it fixed a couple |
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> problems and a bunch of little things I see corrected often on bootup. |
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> Something about length of something. Seems trivial. |
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Given that the firmware SOMETIMES gets its knickers in a twist, |
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especially consumer drives (not sure what yours are?), and read errors |
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are a dime a dozen, I wouldn't worry that much about ONE error. |
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Do another SMART test after your next reboot. Any NEW errors will be a |
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red flag, but just this one again? Don't worry. |
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> Given the low number and it showing it corrected that error, and then |
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> passed a short and long test, is this drive "safe enough" to keep in |
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> service? I have backups just in case but just curious what others know |
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> from experience. At least this isn't one of those nasty messages that |
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> the drive will die within 24 hours. I got one of those ages ago and it |
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> didn't miss it by much. A little over 30 hours or so later, it was a |
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> door stop. It would spin but it couldn't even be seen by the BIOS. |
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> Maybe drives are getting better and SMART is getting better as well. |
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SMART is a lot better than it was, but remember, it only picks up wear |
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and tear. Mechanical failure is just as deadly, and usually strikes out |
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of the blue. I saw some stats somewhere it's something like 1/3, 2/3 |
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wear and tear picked up by SMART, and mechanical failure undetectable by |
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smart. Can't remember which stat was which. |
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> Thoughts. Replace as soon as drive arrives or wait and see? |
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If you get a couple of errors, then no more for months, the drive is |
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probably fine. If you get new errors every time you test, ditch it ASAP. |
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Either way, make sure it's backed up! |
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Cheers, |
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