SeaTools. Download the ISO from Seagate. Burn and boot. Run a short test then a long test. If both pass fine then run a zero fill on the whole drive and come back the next day. If it doesn't fail that then your drive is likely good. Next up, check the firmware and see if there is an update but only after running through the other tests.
kthxbai, Mr O --- On Thu, 12/10/09, BB <[email protected]> wrote: > From: BB <[email protected]> > Subject: [Eug-lug] Is the Hard Drive pre-install tester for Fedora 11 a > reliable utility??? > To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 9:02 AM > I have a newer 500 GB Seagate SATA > drive that reports drive errors when > installing Fedora Core 11. Seagate had a couple of > lemon drives, > firmware related, in this vintage. I've banged this > drive a bit with > all these hardware issues (some PSU, MB, possible short > issue.) > > I maybe under warranty. So I'm wondering if this is a > reliable > diagnostic and is there anything else out there that I can > run on this > drive to test it before I return it. I'm under > a time clock, for a RMA > to New Egg, but I hate to be snookered on a HD that was due > to fail > regardless of minor handling. > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
