On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Gerald wrote:
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> Hi There!
>
> Thanks so much for those who gave answers to my question/s
> regarding dual boot.
>
> Unfortunately, a few days ago, when i turned on my computer,
> S.M.A.R.T says that my primary hard disk is bad already...and it's
> where Linux is installed! do you have ideas on what problems my hard
> disk has, or what could have caused such problem/s such as bad
> sectors, etc? What kind of problems S.M.A.R.T can detect?
ALL new drives have reserved cylinders. Thus when bad sectors are
detected, the data in those sectors is automagically moved to the reserved
cylinders, so your OS does not see the bad sectors (this reserved
cylinders and moving is done by the drive FIRMWARE).
So if your SMART sees bad sectors, that means your drive has expended its
entire supply of reserved cylinders. Which means your drive is going down
the drain. Which means you ought to throw it out or have it
warranty-claimed.
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