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Old 11-25-2009, 12:59 AM   #1
johnny121
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HDD Failing


My HDD are failing somehow and Palimpsest Disk Utility in Fedora kept saying "One or more disks are failing".

Here are the images:
http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/...Screenshot.png
http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/...reenshot-1.png

Please help me!!!
 
Old 11-25-2009, 02:22 AM   #2
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My HDD are failing somehow and Palimpsest Disk Utility in Fedora kept saying "One or more disks are failing".

Here are the images:
http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/...Screenshot.png
http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/...reenshot-1.png

Please help me!!!
you *might* be able to fix or reallocate the bad blocks.

see

Code:
http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/badblockhowto.html
 
Old 11-25-2009, 03:30 AM   #3
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Run a long self test, if it fails, then the drive is failing.

You might want to backup important data soon afterward.
 
Old 11-25-2009, 08:20 PM   #4
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you *might* be able to fix or reallocate the bad blocks.

see

Code:
http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/badblockhowto.html
From what i read before, in the old days you could just re-allocate the bad block but with today's (better drive), bad blocks are a good indication that the drive will fail soon.
I would back-up ASAP, and use that drive for non critical use only.
 
  


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