On 06/19/2010 11:16 PM, Kam Leo was caught red-handed while writing:: > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Peter Langfelder > <peter.langfelder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:04 PM, JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Well, I am not actively using the disk. Too risky. >>> I am trying to find out if there is reasonable doubt >>> as to what the smartd is reporting as if the are recent >>> errors. >>> At this point I will try to see if it is still >>> under warranty and have it serviced. >>> >> You may want to consider using fsck to check for bad sectors within >> your filesystem(s). This will definitely not report bad sectors that >> were marked as such by the manufacturer. But it may take more time >> than finding out whether smart reports them. >> >> Peter >> > > You don't have to take smartd's word about the health of your drive. > Run the manufacturer's diagnostic. > Well, I will try the WD lifeguard diagnostic tool. I am not very hopeful, but they will probably ask me to do it before they will give me an rma. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
