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[217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id i6sm17706366wiy.17.2014.06.29.02.41.25 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 29 Jun 2014 02:41:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60% Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 10:40:54 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.12.21-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.12.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <53AA050F.4070907@gmail.com> <201406290839.16900.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <53AFD17F.9020903@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53AFD17F.9020903@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart42550042.Yi7a7zSWaK"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201406291041.04727.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 604a1551-25a8-4e95-b353-7e3848c32c91 X-Archives-Hash: 3d54bc058761666035d782c45886d288 --nextPart42550042.Yi7a7zSWaK Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday 29 Jun 2014 09:42:39 Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 29 Jun 2014 05:44:38 Dale wrote: > >> What if I copied data to the drive until it was just about full. I'm > >> thinking like maybe 90 or 95% or so. If I do that and run the test > >> every few days, would it then catch a error after a few weeks or so of > >> testing? I realize no one knows with 100% certainty but I would like = to > >> backup my data say every couple weeks just in case. If the drive work= s, > >> fine. If it fails, well, it wouldn't be the first time and it won't be > >> a primary drive so no big loss. > >>=20 > >> I got to find me a good drive for backups tho. I'm waiting on a good > >> sale of a brand other than Seagate tho. That should help keep two > >> drives from failing at the same time. Well, a little anyway. I think > >> it is called Dale's Law now. ;-) > >=20 > > I'm not sure what it is called, but it seems infectious! I have a >=20 > drive (in a >=20 > > laptop) which I recently zeroed out with dd and fsck -c for good measur= e, > > before I installed gentoo on it. Yesterday, I tried a long test, but >=20 > it won't >=20 > > complete. It reached "10% remaining" and it stayed there for a few >=20 > hours. I >=20 > > will repeat the test to see if it gets through this time, but I am >=20 > worried >=20 > > that it's on its way out. > >=20 > > Oh well, I may install an SSD if it fails. >=20 > That's seems to be normal at least for me. Mine has certain percentages > that it just seems to sit at for a good while. It eventually passes the > test tho. Just leave it overnight and check it the next morning or > something. I know laptops are different but got to do what you got to > do. Maybe pluging it into a desktop or something would help. I've restarted it and will leave it all day today to see what gives. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart42550042.Yi7a7zSWaK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAABCAAGBQJTr98wAAoJELAdA+zwE4YePVEIAM7HTf8AhqbB6iQSkVNN55uo Yur7lICMH79zOHnmIIEK4sRDVi1Vr9UbGxhiuLuMwWHRQ0ay50gT6QjDnPoMR/N5 d0Drkkq5loNt08G6Pvf3g/+ywpfDsNpooVdleZru9KsBJE8EUH4ZBy8D678Lm1E9 x7ewk4s8xPue6OwldM6k0M9YJmmfMiLILHaPtnto+Bm6l2xhnJ87URCiM4z1osiH tSs/YJ81KpjW6KQ91CEKx4yXhHh+OJ28LuFp73iQctMsExD990K8O+Ih0KchR56r 1Axr8HNi04+xWBkABZLR4DtX6CX4vOIVFnRKYQQDJWYQBDmSuMRFJVwPDAW0rmI= =+lql -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart42550042.Yi7a7zSWaK--