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On Sunday 29 Jun 2014 09:42:39 Dale wrote: |
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> Mick wrote: |
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> > On Sunday 29 Jun 2014 05:44:38 Dale wrote: |
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> >> What if I copied data to the drive until it was just about full. I'm |
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> >> thinking like maybe 90 or 95% or so. If I do that and run the test |
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> >> every few days, would it then catch a error after a few weeks or so of |
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> >> testing? I realize no one knows with 100% certainty but I would like to |
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> >> backup my data say every couple weeks just in case. If the drive works, |
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> >> fine. If it fails, well, it wouldn't be the first time and it won't be |
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> >> a primary drive so no big loss. |
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> >> I got to find me a good drive for backups tho. I'm waiting on a good |
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> >> sale of a brand other than Seagate tho. That should help keep two |
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> >> drives from failing at the same time. Well, a little anyway. I think |
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> >> it is called Dale's Law now. ;-) |
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> > I'm not sure what it is called, but it seems infectious! I have a |
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> drive (in a |
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> > laptop) which I recently zeroed out with dd and fsck -c for good measure, |
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> > before I installed gentoo on it. Yesterday, I tried a long test, but |
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> it won't |
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> > complete. It reached "10% remaining" and it stayed there for a few |
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> hours. I |
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> > will repeat the test to see if it gets through this time, but I am |
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> worried |
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> > that it's on its way out. |
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> > Oh well, I may install an SSD if it fails. |
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> That's seems to be normal at least for me. Mine has certain percentages |
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> that it just seems to sit at for a good while. It eventually passes the |
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> test tho. Just leave it overnight and check it the next morning or |
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> something. I know laptops are different but got to do what you got to |
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> do. Maybe pluging it into a desktop or something would help. |
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I've restarted it and will leave it all day today to see what gives. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |