On 01/28/13 14:47, John Jason Jordan wrote: ... > > So now I'm wondering if the drive really is OK. Maybe it just got > goobered up by being unplugged without unmounting first. (I have > not followed the best practices here.) The warranty is only two years, > and I've had it for a year or so. And if you ask Mr. Google, these > drives have a high failure rate.
I think you're wise to be cautious. OTOH, unplugging without unmounting is definitely an invitation for disk corruption. > Seagate's web site has a diagnostic utility, but 1) I'm sure it only > runs on Windows and, 2) I bet it just reads the Smart data. If the > latter, it would announce that the drive is fine and Seagate would try > to weasel out of the warranty. I assume you're referring to SeaTools. IIRC, SeaTools is an image that you boot. No Windows required. It is capable of more than just reading the smart data. In order to do a warranty return, I think they will want you to run it. I believe it's non-destructive as well, at least when run in its default mode. Of course you should confirm this for yourself. > Are there any Linux disk utilities that will really stress the drive to > make sure it is really OK? Not sure about this. I'd give SeaTools a try. galen -- Galen Seitz [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
