On 08/15/2010 06:44 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Sunday 15 August 2010 10:17 AM, James McKenzie wrote: >> Got a good backup of this drive? Looks like it needs to be retested, in >> a different machine and if it fails, replaced. >> >> I had a drive that exhibited the same behavior and eventually, it failed. >> > I downloaded the bootable iso of the disk diagnostic suite from Western > Digital and ran. It claimed to detect and fix the errors. After the scan > the smart logs read like this, > >> Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: >> ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE >> 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 199 199 051 Pre-fail Always - 1545 >> 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 253 253 021 Pre-fail Always - 1066 >> 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 42 >> 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0 >> 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 >> 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1426 >> 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 >> 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 >> 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 38 >> 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 21 >> 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 20 >> 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 109 107 000 Old_age Always - 41 >> 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 >> 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 199 000 Old_age Always - 78 >> 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0 >> 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 >> 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0 >> >> SMART Error Log Version: 1 >> No Errors Logged >> >> SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 >> Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error >> # 1 Conveyance offline Completed: read failure 90% 1422 1106820646 >> # 2 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% 1393 1106820646 >> > Is it okay to continue with this drive? I bought them a few months back, > I am not in a position to change them unless I can RMA the unit. > >> James McKenzie > All suggestions welcome. Is it possible to purge the SMART logs and reset the counters, and the rerun the SMART tests? -- 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