Comments on: Double Check that Hard Drive before you Toss It http://coreythompson.com/2008/03/double-check-that-hard-drive-before-you-toss-it/ ...but I'm right! Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:37:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: mrcorey http://coreythompson.com/2008/03/double-check-that-hard-drive-before-you-toss-it/#comment-3418 mrcorey Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:26:43 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/2008/03/23/double-check-that-hard-drive-before-you-toss-it/#comment-3418 I've enabled S.M.A.R.T. on my drives now in the BIOS. I hadn't before, but this incident caused me to think. The drive is fine, though. It was a filesystem problem, rather than a hardware issue. I still have the other drive that has failed for sure, though. Thanks for the tip, Brandon, as others might need it too.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3418','mrcorey'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3418','mrcorey','I\'ve enabled S.M.A.R.T. on my drives now in the BIOS. I hadn\'t before, but this incident caused me to think. The drive is fine, though. It was a filesystem problem, rather than a hardware issue. I still have the other drive that has failed for sure, though. Thanks for the tip, Brandon, as others might need it too.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’ve enabled S.M.A.R.T. on my drives now in the BIOS. I hadn’t before, but this incident caused me to think. The drive is fine, though. It was a filesystem problem, rather than a hardware issue. I still have the other drive that has failed for sure, though. Thanks for the tip, Brandon, as others might need it too.
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]]> By: Brandon http://coreythompson.com/2008/03/double-check-that-hard-drive-before-you-toss-it/#comment-3417 Brandon Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:02:05 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/2008/03/23/double-check-that-hard-drive-before-you-toss-it/#comment-3417 Just as a thought, whenever you think a hard drive may be going, run a SMART scan on it. Do a search for it, you'll find programs for all sorts of operating systems. I usually just use the SMART tab of SpeedFan. It'll usually accurately catch a dying hard drive.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3417','Brandon'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3417','Brandon','Just as a thought, whenever you think a hard drive may be going, run a SMART scan on it. Do a search for it, you\'ll find programs for all sorts of operating systems. I usually just use the SMART tab of SpeedFan. It\'ll usually accurately catch a dying hard drive.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Just as a thought, whenever you think a hard drive may be going, run a SMART scan on it. Do a search for it, you’ll find programs for all sorts of operating systems. I usually just use the SMART tab of SpeedFan. It’ll usually accurately catch a dying hard drive.
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]]> By: od http://coreythompson.com/2008/03/double-check-that-hard-drive-before-you-toss-it/#comment-3395 od Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:29:53 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/2008/03/23/double-check-that-hard-drive-before-you-toss-it/#comment-3395 It reminds me of my hdd that died on me end of last year. It happened all of the sudden, boot up the machine and I was brought to the grub prompt. I just had Ubuntu on my system, so I find it weird for grub to have such issues. Anyways, I did what I think am supposed to do, and reboot again, and still failed. After a while my hdd produced something like a 'clunking' sound and at that point I could feel that am already sweating. Checked on bios and it seemed that the hdd was not recognized anymore. I set the hdd as slave and plugged it on another machine, hoping that I could access it. Nope, didn't work. LiveCD didn't work too. After putting so much effort on it, I thought I ought to take a break. The hdd is still under warranty, but for the love of all my data inside, I still keep it and will try to check on it again. Sorry for the rant, but I still can't get over it. It hurts so bad :(<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3395','od'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3395','od','It reminds me of my hdd that died on me end of last year. It happened all of the sudden, boot up the machine and I was brought to the grub prompt. I just had Ubuntu on my system, so I find it weird for grub to have such issues. Anyways, I did what I think am supposed to do, and reboot again, and still failed. After a while my hdd produced something like a \'clunking\' sound and at that point I could feel that am already sweating. Checked on bios and it seemed that the hdd was not recognized anymore. I set the hdd as slave and plugged it on another machine, hoping that I could access it. Nope, didn\'t work. LiveCD didn\'t work too. After putting so much effort on it, I thought I ought to take a break. The hdd is still under warranty, but for the love of all my data inside, I still keep it and will try to check on it again. Sorry for the rant, but I still can\'t get over it. It hurts so bad :('); return false;">Quote</a></div> It reminds me of my hdd that died on me end of last year. It happened all of the sudden, boot up the machine and I was brought to the grub prompt. I just had Ubuntu on my system, so I find it weird for grub to have such issues. Anyways, I did what I think am supposed to do, and reboot again, and still failed. After a while my hdd produced something like a ‘clunking’ sound and at that point I could feel that am already sweating. Checked on bios and it seemed that the hdd was not recognized anymore. I set the hdd as slave and plugged it on another machine, hoping that I could access it. Nope, didn’t work. LiveCD didn’t work too. After putting so much effort on it, I thought I ought to take a break. The hdd is still under warranty, but for the love of all my data inside, I still keep it and will try to check on it again. Sorry for the rant, but I still can’t get over it. It hurts so bad :(
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]]> By: Fisher http://coreythompson.com/2008/03/double-check-that-hard-drive-before-you-toss-it/#comment-3394 Fisher Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:30:45 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/2008/03/23/double-check-that-hard-drive-before-you-toss-it/#comment-3394 Been there, done that and boy does it ever hurt! Yikes!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3394','Fisher'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3394','Fisher','Been there, done that and boy does it ever hurt!\r\nYikes!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Been there, done that and boy does it ever hurt!
Yikes!
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