[CentOS] UC smartctl: is my disc dying?

Patrick Laimbock patrick at laimbock.com
Mon Jan 27 13:14:17 UTC 2014


On 27-01-14 11:37, Rushton Martin wrote:
> I can't test further, the disk has been broken up for destruction, but I
> wonder if the problem is the disk or the USB/SATA conversion board?

If the USB disk also has an eSATA port, use that one and test again. If 
it doesn't have an eSATA port then I always open the enclosure, take out 
the disk, hook it up to a SATA port on a PC and test again. If a USB 
disk has strange issues then these steps have always helped me figuring 
out if the disk was failing.

HTH,
Patrick



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