On 8/4/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 23:19 -0400, jimacornette@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Anyway, the tools for Linux post-install launched SMART which revealed > > 3 bad sectors on the drive. I take it the bad sectors was on xp since > > there was a mini-dump when the computer needed attention. Also, she > > had 93% usage on the disk which was ntfs and Linux flagged this. I > > really like all the information Linux provides to the user. > > A proper format may be required when you get bad sectors. If the system > can write to the drive and clear the blocks (well, the drive pretends, > in the background), and the warnings go away, you'll probably be okay. > If you keep on seeing error warnings, I wouldn't trust the drive, at > all. Those bad blocks could have been the demise of your XP > installation. > > I like the information Linux provides much more than Windows, too. I > had a cheap box that wasn't very reliable, but Windows gave no clues as > to why. Linux did, however, give me warnings that I could use to > diagnose the fault. I've come to the conclusion that it's Microsoft's policy to not provide useful information when there is a problem. Just yesterday I had Windows getting into an infinite loop between login and logout, with no information provided. -- Fedora Core 6 and proud
