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Mick wrote: |
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> On Saturday 24 Jan 2015 18:18:36 Dale wrote: |
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>> Since I already replaced this drive, nothing lost. We did learn |
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>> something tho. Just because it claims to have fixed itself doesn't mean |
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>> it will be a long term solution. ;-) |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> Your repeated dd action probably relocated some bad blocks. |
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> I would also run a long test overnight to see where and how it fails. I |
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> recently had a drive which went sideways on me. Running dd was |
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successful in |
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> relocating some problematic sectors. However, repeating the smart tests |
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> revealed that more and more sectors were going bad. I recall a |
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warning that a |
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> catastrophic drive failure was imminent, when reading the output of |
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'smartctl |
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> -a'. |
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> Instead of dd'ing the whole drive, just dd the suspect sector and |
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repeat the |
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> smart tests to see how things move around. I concur with other |
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posters that |
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> this drive should only be used for experimentation, rather than |
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production or |
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> back ups. |
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Hey Mick, |
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I've dd'd the drive many times. That is the reason for the long delay |
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since the original post. I would dd it then retest and repeat. Doing |
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that on a 3TB drive takes a while. ;-) I mostly just wanted to see IF |
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it could fix itself. Even if it did, I'm still not going to trust it. |
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Heck, I didn't trust it after the first fail. Generally, when a drive |
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starts to fail like this, it doesn't go well. |
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Now if I still had a copy of spinrite or knew someone locally that did, |
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I'd run it just to see what it says. One thing I know from the past, if |
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spinrite says it is bad, you can take that to the bank because that |
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opinion is worth gold. Spinrite either fixes the issue or lets you know |
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to replace it. Again, this would be a learning experience. Even if |
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spinrite says it fixed it, I'd use it as a back up and monitor it. It |
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would take a miracle for me to trust that drive again. |
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I'm trying to decide now if I want to save a little more and get a 4TB |
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drive or just get another 3TB drive. < Dale's thinking > |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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