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Re: suddenly shrunk HDD?!

From Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux.debian, comp.unix.admin
Subject Re: suddenly shrunk HDD?!
Followup-To alt.os.linux.debian
Date 2012-02-07 01:13 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Strider
Message-ID <jgpqbj$575$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <86ty33hnyk.fsf@gray.siamics.net> <86pqdrhmkj.fsf@gray.siamics.net>

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On Monday 06 February 2012 18:57, Ivan Shmakov conveyed the following to 
alt.os.linux.debian...

>>>>>> Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
>  > That being said, the last partition of the table now spans for some
>  > 1040 KiB after the device's own end.
> 
> Now, it seems that the problem is worse than that.  As of
> 2012-01-07, # hdparm -I has claimed that the HDD in question had
> 1953525168 sectors.  Now, it's only 1953523055 (some 1.03 MiB
> shorter)!
> 
> Any ideas on what's going on?
> 
> # hdparm -I /dev/sdc
> /dev/sdc:
> 
> ATA device, with non-removable media
> Model Number:       WDC WD1001FALS-75J7B0
> Serial Number:      WD-WMATV196xxxx
> Firmware Revision:  05.00K05
> Transport:          Serial, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev
> 2.5 Standards:
> Supported: 8 7 6 5
> ...
> 
> [...]

Wild guess: the hard disk has found and remapped more bad sectors?  In 
that case, it would be an indication that you had better start looking 
for a replacement disk, because quite frankly, this one appears to have 
started on a journey to the deep South.

-- 
= Aragorn =
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)

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GPT repair tools? Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 00:27 +0700
  suddenly shrunk HDD?! Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 00:57 +0700
    Re: suddenly shrunk HDD?! Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2012-02-07 01:13 +0100
      Re: suddenly shrunk HDD?! Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 10:22 +0700
        Re: suddenly shrunk HDD?! Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2012-02-07 08:20 +0100
          Re: suddenly shrunk HDD?! Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 16:51 +0700
            Re: [RESOLVED] suddenly shrunk HDD?! Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 17:18 +0700

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