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meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> [14-07-27 14:36]: |
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>> meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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>>> Back to the initial problem: How can I offline test the rest of the |
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>>> disk if the first bad sector (10%) of the surface breaks the test with |
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>>> an error? Best regards, mcc |
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>> I never got mine to go past the first failure until I used dd to erase |
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>> the drive. As mentioned before, I may could have done that without |
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>> moving my data but that was to complicated and risky for me at the |
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>> time. From my understanding tho, until that data is moved off the bad |
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>> spot so that the drive knows it can do what it needs to, that spot is |
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>> still going to show up. I don't know of a way to make it test beyond |
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>> the bad spot either. |
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>> If you have a drive that you can move that data over to so that you can |
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>> play with the bad drive, that's what I would do. Once you get it moved, |
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>> then dd the whole drive, run the test and then see what results you |
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>> get. I looked at a howto that someone posted or I found and doing it |
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>> with the data on there just made me nervous. |
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>> I'm running out of info here. Anyone else provide more help than me? |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> Hi Dale, |
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> thanks for the info... |
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> I already did this. PLEASE read my previous posting completly. |
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> dd failed with an I/O error at that spot. |
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Hmmmm. I'd be getting my data off there or some sort of backup and then |
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try erasing the whole drive. If that fails as well, then it seems like |
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you need a box and some shipping to get a replacement if it is under |
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warranty. If the dd fails, that sounds like maybe it has a error it |
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can't correct for some reason. I think dd does its thing on a basic |
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level and I have never had it give me a error except for running out of |
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space when it is done. I'm sure if the command you used was wrong, Neil |
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would have picked up on it and said something. So, I don't think you |
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are doing anything wrong, I just think your drive may have even more |
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serious issues than mine had. |
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Unless someone else comes on with a idea on something else to try, I'd |
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be looking for somewhere to put my data and a different drive. If after |
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that you can get it working, well, you got a spare. If not, it was |
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broke anyway. |
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I hope someone else has more ideas. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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