Juan R. de Silva <juan.r.d.silva <at> gmail.com> writes: > ... Do you see the same SMART errors under your other distros ? Suggestions: 1. see if BIOS has harddisk self-test (read; read-write) 2. check your hd manufacturer's web site for diagnostics/repair utility 3. $ man hdparm # hdparm -I /dev/sd? study it (I have not tried it myself ...) VERY DANGEROUS according to manual ! --make-bad-sector --read-sector --repair-sector --write-sector JB -- 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