Ralph Shumaker wrote:
Ralph Shumaker wrote:
DJA wrote:
Ralph Shumaker wrote:
I have not yet run the Hitachi HDD diagnostics program because I
couldn't boot up to go online, at least not until after I did the
"e2fsck -c -c -v" on hde6. Even as I type this, I am downloading it.
Bummer. Seems like having just a single computer in the house is just
not sufficient these days.
On the other hand, you did manage to send this email on /someone's/
computer. ??
Oh yeah, the same one. After using Knoppix to e2fsck hde6, it booted
right up, no apparent problems (other than the errors reported by the
e2fsck, which are rather alarming to me, though my fears may or may
not be exagerated). There may be irreparable damage to some of the
files, but it boots up well enough for me to be able to function again
for the moment. I'm about to create the HDD diagnostics floppy and
we'll see what it finds.
It appears my HDD took a good blow somehow. I don't recall it taking a
tumble, but that's what the diagnostics program believes:
Quick test results:
Failure code: 0x73 - Defective Device. Excessive Shock.
Technical Result Code (TRC): 73009260
Extended test results:
One or more corrupted sectors found.
(Probably the ones e2fsck marked bad.)
Options:
1) erases disk (total data loss)
2) sector repair (possible data loss - partial)
failure code: 0x70 - Defective Device.
TRC: 70009664
According to this, the Promise card has been vindicated.
But does this mean that once the sectors made defective by excessive
shock are re-mapped or mapped out, does this mean that the drive will
probably be otherwise all right and reliable?
Hard to say. Apparently, the diag program thinks it's worth trying to
repair. But then the diag program is probably just making an educated
best guess based on what it could and couldn't do with the drive (like
moving heads to extreme positions).
Now there are a couple of routes you could take:
1) Let the diag program fix it, and assuming it does, trust the drive.
2) Because (you said) the drive is fairly new, take it back while it's
still under warranty.
I'd pick number two, especially if I was sure *I* wasn't the one who
FUBAR'ed the drive.
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~DJA.
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