J. Roeleveld wrote: >> There are some options with smartctl you could try to force the drive >> to swap that bad sector with a spare one. A full disk read could also >> force that. Eg. Try ' dd if=/dev/sdc of=/dev/null '. But, I usually >> order a replacement when Smart tests start throwing errors. I know >> 3TB is a lot for you to have to backup, but it's also a lot of data >> to loose... -- Joost
I just don't have anything to put the data on. I been saying I was going to get me a backup drive but hadn't yet. Looks like I better order one unless someone pops on and says this is normal and OK, sort of doubting that will happen tho. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!