On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 01:41:33 +0300, Markku Kolkka <markkukolkka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Rasmus Back kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 2. >lokakuuta 2004 17:04): >> The drive is unable to complete any selftests, smartctl -c >> says that the drive supports both short and extended selftests >> (but not conveyance so that error is ok). The drive in >> question is a Seagate Barracuda ATA IV (ST340016A), and has >> been in use for 5311 hours according to smartctl. > >Get the SeaTools diagnostic disc from Seagate: >http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/seatoold_reg.html >You need the ISO image, the floppy version needs Windows. >Boot with the CD and run the diagnostics. FWIW, it's worth buying a copy of Gibson's new version of Spinrite. I was able to completely recover an apparently dead Maxtor drive and use Ghost to transfer the image to a new drive. http://grc.com. -- Steve
