[CentOS] Re: Looking for a good disk exerciser

[Scott Silva]

Mark Hull-Richter spake the following on 4/12/2007 11:15 AM:
> I recently added a Seagate 400Gb SATA drive to my system, and it has
> been behaving strangely since I put it in.  for one thing, the BIOS
> S.M.A.R.T. came up with a warning the last time I booted with it
> enabled, saying that I should backup my data and replace the disk (!).
> 
> I still have not made any irreversible data transfers to this drive, and
> I have some time yet to take it back, but I'd like to know for sure that
> it needs it, or at least have some reasonable evidence of failure.
> 
> What is a good program out there that exercises a disk to give some
> assurance of errors or lack thereof?
> 
> Thanks.
>
The ultimate boot cd (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/) has all the manufacturer
test and verify programs in a bootable dos cd.
It comes in handy.

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