Hard disk failing??
Dear all,
in the last days I am having a problem with my hard disk. I guess this only windows (ntfs specific) as my linux works just great. In the last days the windows have a lot of problems reading from the hard disks and when booting up windows are calling for scandisks. Indeed problems are found and fixed. As I was concerned regarding the files there, I have already finished the backups. I would like to ask your help for some decent tool that can examine the hard disk and see what is going on in the low level (bad sectors?). This program should support ntfs partitions and being able to not mess up with my ext4-linux partitions. I would like to thank you in advance for your help Regards Alex |
you must be using Segate hard drive
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Thanks. my Yast reports it as
WD3200 so I guess it is a Western Digital |
hmm LOL ok but the above mentioned problem is common with segate
any ways.......you may try EaseUs |
use "fsck" command
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You should run a SMART long test on the drive, it also checks for bad blocks.
You can do this with 'smartctl -t long /dev/sda' or you can use one of the manufacturer's tools most of which are on the ubcd: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ |
Personally, I would just accept that the drive needs to be replaced. Minimise use and get a replacement. Stressing the drive with a disk test is unlikely to help.
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In my experience, Windows has sophisticated algorithms for maintaining the NTFS file system. If you are starting to see errors that Windows needs to recover from, then it suggests that deterioration of areas of the disk is occurring. That it is only happening on your NTFS partition may be due to the quality of the disk surface in that area, or perhaps a developing fault in the electronics that drive the head to that area of the disk.
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Can it be also something else? This hard disk is in a three years old laptop and I wonder if I should replace the hard disk or sell it as second-hand in ebay and buy a new one?
What hard disk alternatives can a three years old laptop support. Can it support any 1TB hard disk like http://www.amazon.de/Western-Digital...637838&sr=1-13 Smart output also given here http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/442/smarts.png/ |
Your SMART output shows that the reallocated sector count has exceeded the threshold as well as a high multizone error count, consistent with the problem you are reporting.
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.
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I am confused is my hard disk at bad state or not??
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This comes from linux smart
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