On 23 February 2012 21:29, Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> [snip]
>
> I'm amazed but disconnecting and reconnecting the IDE and power cable
> fixed it. Which is your favorite tool for testing a HD's integrity
> with and without S.M.A.R.T. support?
[I] gnome-extra/gsmartcontrol [1]
Available versions: (~)0.8.6 {debug}
Installed versions: 0.8.6(16:47:27 13/02/12)(-debug)
Homepage: http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/
Description: Graphical user interface for smartctl
[1] "sunrise" /var/lib/layman/sunrise
Is a great (and sorely needed) frontend for smartmontools - it even
colours lines in red when they indicate imminent failure!
Make sure that you have read the Google paper before trusting SMART
too far though -- they found (among other things) that it only
accurately predicts failure in 50% of cases.
