Thanks Mr. O that sounds solid Brian
On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 18:29 -0800, Mr O 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
