From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2CFDF1382C5 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 20:05:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 026DCE0EDF; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 20:05:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qv1-xf32.google.com (mail-qv1-xf32.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::f32]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0320E0EBC for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 20:05:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qv1-xf32.google.com with SMTP id e2so8374389qvw.7 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:05:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=Dy2u0W2+ninHyHGzV26d+CAGKXs7LqQ6jn7vwVaTO40=; b=emJY5QrWnqc8ME6jkqwQF5DlIufaYoM/uBUjSVU7ZVXMaaAcYVGIJlwlBfbO/L/enx 37yJ9zjsV7k0QFw0rtfPd1kHRq5vQu/Jb2NK8CkZapfN7LROh9rIPk2Cnj8fpQOp3K0s gJu4VA4j1yB3koVpFMlJr5OTqAbIJUfMUx5SNbYijad+nYyE1T5D7jY0zh+8yQRTU9LS TKtSJBLV9wy8+Cv1FntH1g9ru0YeDXVQIZplLU03UmZGs9ntxIxJXbzoHSpOeoxJO6f7 TyATubUxQGqHDkx8BWUW4E9SrJtum0nu5CcWptFKcw66A+6joajbjiSoU7UOEE8BNFN3 ufOQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=Dy2u0W2+ninHyHGzV26d+CAGKXs7LqQ6jn7vwVaTO40=; b=RHPWoV4U5Www9b2+SPJ8N2LlmN39YL8UUuaPhvzUoEfpGZydioSY0LUNYKoG4iyopK hDiLBMSHIGb95xWmXM2fgbA/TTJOu8Pv3CmSuthZRWNhFMHr1bSVCoUpmeqFZgER4aMS 0upc/JlRNoR3yCP5eLdVcvPpyzeg9/offjQs47Q0whnE8UIkf5g+Rw81oB/UEUNkDSTJ I5CZuVnqOYSCXevsbHJhkEC5W81Q7IR27DwMdLZNlefcL4AmyjIhQqRWWu+Genuxa1bi t0rs6GHebNYk4w5BuEjtPumsQz9THUT4uCEWwdOSEJWUX+WigIOYYokpaMU/QZ6kYHjT LFWg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM53370fwneK5uGJRnQ7Gn3Qluy1rx2lJ3Ogn1lavILcMOdjMSbFIj om0mkOosdg4+8+zT1mpatmhJmWuUx92CUnF+CDAfZQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyyY9byINiw+RCtDyX1gMGHayf58HnXYNSeHMpY0/KoxUql+gXakrL7dKowSzqFS/zfoQLHex1BdCcBjrT70GE= X-Received: by 2002:a0c:f944:: with SMTP id i4mr25563312qvo.230.1592251504556; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:05:04 -0700 (PDT) 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <6d77acb3-5754-06cb-b8ef-2f1a5d7d8084@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Mark Knecht Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:04:53 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good. To: Gentoo User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000527d5e05a824f112" X-Archives-Salt: 427f77cd-371c-4579-aa83-1304b70ab0d9 X-Archives-Hash: e13846cf0d9237398da0416f348aa377 --000000000000527d5e05a824f112 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 1:01 PM Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 3:54 PM Mark Knecht 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 --000000000000527d5e05a824f112 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 1:01 PM Rich Freeman <<= a href=3D"mailto:rich0@gentoo.org">rich0@gentoo.org> wrote:
><= br>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 3:54 PM Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
&g= t; > The SMART test, long version, will do a very reasonable job catchin= g 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 work= ed at all.
>
> Is spinrite really still of any use in this era?= =C2=A0 I'm skeptical of
> that.=C2=A0 Maybe in the pre-IDE days i= t 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 licen= se. Other than that I agree with you Rich
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