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From: Arno <me@privacy.net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.periphs.hdd
Subject: Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed?
Date: 24 Oct 2014 15:39:17 GMT
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:
> On 10/22/2014 3:43 PM PT, Arno typed:
>>> I'm back again. Yesterday, I decided to repartition my HDD to remove
>>> most of its old partitions and resize one of big one to make more free
>>> disk space with gtparted. The issue came back again after the long disk
>>> process (no errors seen) according to e-mails. So, I reran
>>> GSmartControl's tests. Short passed and long failed after a few minutes
>>> like before. Here are the results:
>>> http://pastie.org/pastes/9662092/text?key=cfat9p1fn8a740kx57qbja ... Is
>>> it me or is "SMART Self-test log structure" section out of chronological
>>> order based on its LifeTime(hours)?
>>
>> That one is simple: 64k hours maximum (16 bit unsigned) and
>> it rolled over.

> Wow. Haha. I assume the newer drivers have this limitation removed. :D

May be the disk itself. Nothing to worry about as long as 
you remember it happens roughly all 8 years.

Arno

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