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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:04:53 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK2H+ee1QPQCm+3YOhSEoJfbJeAHrV0ZB-ezbuH448YqW8V6tg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGfcS_=CVgk20k17CNRJGgXMY0+40FpYQESQEhP9Bc2qc3sgHA@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 1:01 PM Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 3:54 PM Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The SMART test, long version, will do a very reasonable job catching
problems. Run it 2 or 3 times if it makes you feel better.
> >
> > Chris's suggestion about Spinrite is another option but it is slow,
slow, slow. Might take you weeks? On a drive that large if it worked at all.
>
> Is spinrite really still of any use in this era?  I'm skeptical of
> that.  Maybe in the pre-IDE days it made more sense.
>

I used it a few years ago on some 2TB or 3TB drives, more out of curiosity
when I found my old license. Other than that I agree with you Rich

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-06-15 20:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-15 16:07 [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good Dale
2020-06-15 19:20 ` Spackman, Chris
2020-06-15 19:54 ` Mark Knecht
2020-06-15 20:00   ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-15 20:04     ` Mark Knecht [this message]
2020-06-16  7:34   ` Dale
2020-06-16  8:22     ` Wols Lists
2020-06-16  9:04       ` Dale
2020-06-16 11:02         ` Wols Lists
2020-06-16 11:26           ` Dale
2020-06-16 11:36             ` Michael
2020-06-16 12:25               ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-16 23:38                 ` antlists
2020-06-17  9:47                   ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-23 16:14                 ` Sid Spry
2020-06-23 17:20                   ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-23 18:44                     ` Sid Spry
2020-06-16 13:14               ` Dale
2020-06-16 23:24             ` antlists
2020-06-17  4:47               ` Dale
2020-06-17 12:32                 ` Wols Lists
2020-06-17 12:04                   ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-16  8:29     ` Neil Bothwick
2020-06-16  8:52       ` Dale
2020-06-15 19:54 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2020-06-15 20:04   ` Grant Edwards
2020-06-15 23:03 ` [gentoo-user] " madscientistatlarge
2020-06-15 23:18 ` David Haller
2020-06-16  7:17   ` Dale
2020-06-16  7:32     ` William Kenworthy
2020-06-16  7:37       ` Dale
2020-06-17 15:27     ` David Haller
2020-06-18  8:07       ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2020-06-23 16:08     ` Sid Spry
2020-06-23 16:38       ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2020-06-23 16:41         ` Sid Spry
2020-06-23 17:26           ` Dale
2020-06-23 18:32             ` Sid Spry
2020-06-23 19:37               ` Dale
2020-06-23 20:03                 ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-24  4:26               ` Wols Lists
2020-06-18  9:14   ` [gentoo-user] " Dale
2020-06-22  1:52     ` Pengcheng Xu
2020-06-22  2:15       ` Dale
2020-06-22 19:10     ` David Haller
2020-06-22 20:29       ` Dale
2020-06-22 22:59         ` David Haller
2020-06-23  4:18           ` Dale
2020-06-17  6:02 ` Dale
2020-06-20  9:50 ` Dale

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