On 2020-09-04 22:26, Simon Walter wrote:
On 9/5/20 11:19 AM, [email protected] wrote:
On 2020-09-04 20:46, Simon Walter wrote:
On 9/5/20 1:34 AM, Andreas Messer wrote:
Hi golinux,
On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 01:50:07AM -0500, [email protected] wrote:
On 2020-09-01 00:07, [email protected] wrote:
[...]
I have no idea how reliable the repaired drive is after this
radical
surgery. Can it be written to or files deleted? Should I even try?
[...]
I wouldn't use a drive anymore which has started reallocating
sectors, well which has reallocated sectors all.
It's on it's way out for sure.
However, I am interested in how you are able to know that sectors on
golinux's disk have been relocated - from the information provided to
this mailing list. I know it's possible to see that in the SMART
data,
but I didn't see that posted. Are short reads always surface errors?
Best regards,
Simon
Simon . . . SMART data attached. I hadn't noticed this before . . .
sounds ominous . . .
SMART Status command failed: scsi error medium or hardware error
(serious)
Note that I ran this from GSmartControl not a terminal.
I think it's because you are connected via USB. From my experience,
the best way, possibly the only thorough way, to diagnose a SATA disk
drive is connected to a SATA controller directly, which is why I
really like notebooks that have eSATA ports.
My board doesn't have an eSATA port. Neither does the new dock but at
least it is USB 3.0. Current enclosures are 2.0 . . .
I have gotten this error over USB before. When connecting the same
disk to a known working SATA controller, I was able to use it fine and
no errors occurred. USB -> SATA controllers/cases in my experience are
of poor quality and fail before the disk does. I am not one to hang on
to a failing disk, but you sound thorough. So I'd suggest using a SATA
controller to read the SMART data and run other diagnostics.
Exploring an eSATA controller is an adventure for another day . . .
If you are a data hoarder and like disks, I'd suggest getting your
hands on some hardware that has a SATA controller. It doesn't need to
be fancy or new. Pretty much any working desktop is fine.
You're suggesting the disks get tested in the case itself, right? Like
any hardwarephobe, that's something I really, REALLY don't like to do.
In your SMART data:
Reallocated_Sector_Ct = 1
However:
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
Reallocation, to my knowledge, should happen in the background. It's
*possible* that the reallocation event and the FS corruption are
unrelated.
I'll keep an eye on that though I won't be accessing this disk often
once it gets trimmed down and some additional files written to it. You
probably noticed from the log that it doesn't even have 100 hours or run
time on it.
If that count keeps going up, don't use the disk. Eventually the
surface will not be able to store data/be magnetised.
Understood.
golinux
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