Timothy Murphy wrote:
I've been getting more and more serious warnings from smartd on a computer
(one I hardly ever use, though I do use it for backups),
eg in /var/log/messages
As a matter of interest, could I replace this ATA/IDE disk with a SATA disk?
There are SATA/IDE and IDE/SATA adapters available, but it might
be easier to just replace the failing drive with an IDE drive.
Incidentally, I see from smartctl that the drive
is almost 3 years old:
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Error 20419 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26309 hours (1096 days + 5
hours)
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Is it mean of me to suspect that the manufacturer
tells smart to issue these messages when the warranty is running out ...?
Most folks don't get a warning before their hard drive starts
failing and then dies completely. You've gotten several.
You suspect that it's just planned obsolescence, that all the
warnings are a ruse to get you to buy a new drive. Perhaps.
But don't act all surprised when you discover that the backups
on the drive are unreadable.
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