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On Friday 24 Feb 2012 02:44:00 Grant wrote: |
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> I'm trying to figure out how far gone an old Maxtor HD of mine is. It |
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> does have S.M.A.R.T. support. Is there a favorite smartctl command |
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> for making this determination? 'smartctl -a /dev/sda' says: |
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> SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED |
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> and: |
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> ATA Error Count: 116 |
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> Is a self-test in order? |
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> - Grant |
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Run smartctl --capabilities /dev/hda to find out what tests the drive can do. |
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If goes without saying that if you suspect the drive use ddrescue to make a |
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back up before you start running any tests, just in case there is a problem |
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that a new cable/ribbon won't fix. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |