On 12/11/11 17:12, Colin Law wrote: > On 12 November 2011 17:03, alan c <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 12/11/11 16:43, Colin Law wrote: >>> On 12 November 2011 16:31, alan c <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Yesterday I spent time with someone who was interested in using >>>> Ubuntu. The Live CD ran well in her laptop. However, the live session >>>> disc utility showed some errors, numerically apparently quite a lot. I >>>> discussed her considering a new drive, but anyway helped her back up >>>> some files..... >>> >>> When you say it showed some errors, are you talking about SMART errors or >>> what? >> >> Yes, sorry, I was too vague, SMART errors. >> I explained to her at the time that we were not looking at her >> Windows, and this was information from the drive itself. And then >> later her son connected remotely, to Windows presumably, looked at the >> file system, saw nothing untoward, and rubbished Ubuntu. That  'NTFS' >> drivers was mentioned suggests to me that  he was mistakenly looking >> at the file system, not SMART information. > > You could suggest she installs something like hdtune [1] (the non-pro > version is free for personal use) which should show the SMART data. > Alternatively the disk manufacturers often have diagnostic tools you > can download with will show if there are any problems. > > Colin > > [1] http://www.hdtune.com
Thanks I will do that. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
