What Mr O said.
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Mr O <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
>>
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