Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
> 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?
If the drive supports SMART, smartctl should be able to test it and
display the diagnostics. I'd try to get a replacement before the
warranty expires.
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Les Mikesell
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