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On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I just switched to a new WD Caviar Black hard drive (really fast and |
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> quiet!) and I noticed some errors when I was cp -ax'ing everything |
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> from my old drive to the new drive which were accompanied by loud |
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> clicks. Is there a way to do a comprehensive test/check of the old |
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> drive to see if it has any problems? |
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> - Grant |
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I know it's not a popular solution here in Linux-land, and it's pretty |
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slow for large drives, but I still use SpinRite for that sort of |
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thing. |
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As a quick test, if the old drive has S.M.A.R.T. is to read the data |
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held in the drive to tell you if the on-board controller is seeing |
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problems. |
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Hope this helps, |
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Mark |
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