They have a dos based utility comes as an iso On Oct 27, 2013 9:52 AM, "John Jason Jordan" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 08:36:31 -0500 > Bill Morita <[email protected]> dijo: > > >Time to "Get SMART" > > > >http://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/monitoring-hard-disks-smart > > I installed smartmontoools, and the GUI for it. gsmartcntl. The drive > does not appear in the BIOS, so neither does it appear to > smartmontools. > > However I did use it to check the two 320 GB drives, which it reported > as "healthy." It appears that the data available under the Smart tab in > Palimpsest is much more complete. > > I had removed the 1 TB drive, so before trying smatmontools and iotools > (thanks, Dale) I plugged it back in. As soon as I plugged in the power > cable it made clicking noises for a minute or so. I assume this means > the head is seeking, and failing to find whatever it is looking for. > > Monday I will call Seagate to see if they will still honor the > warranty, considering that it is a refurbished drive that Seagate > sent me to replace the original that also failed. If they will honor > the warranty they will require that I run their diagnostics utility, > which only runs on Windows. I don't have a Windows computer. > > I also looked around for replacement drives. Almost half the drives on > the market are Seagate, with Western Digital offering almost as many. > Western Digital also requires their proprietary diagnostic tool, which > also runs only on Windows. There aren't a lot of other brands to choose > from. Newegg offers a few, but Enu and Fry's have only Seagate and > Western Digital. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
