Re: How to fix I/O errors?

From	David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: How to fix I/O errors?
Date	2017-02-04 20:20 +0100
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On 02/04/17 07:18, Ric Moore wrote:
> I'm looking at a Seagate 750 gig drive that went south on me with a pile
> of errors. Good luck getting Seagate to give a good gosh darn. In the
> past I have had mixed results replacing the drive motherboard. I saved
> two out of three. I doubt I will buy anything Seagate makes in the
> future.

Everything electrical and mechanical fails.  It's just a question of 
when, followed by whether or not you're prepared.

I've found (and heard) that the worst thing I can do to a HDD is put it 
on the shelf and let it rot.  I've had more than a few that failed 
shortly after being put into a computer.

David

Thread

How to fix I/O errors? Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2017-02-02 22:10 +0100
  Re: How to fix I/O errors? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-02-02 22:30 +0100
    Re: How to fix I/O errors? Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2017-02-02 22:50 +0100
      Re: How to fix I/O errors? Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2017-02-02 23:20 +0100
  Re: How to fix I/O errors? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-02-03 07:30 +0100
    Re: How to fix I/O errors? Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2017-02-03 08:40 +0100
      Re: How to fix I/O errors? Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-02-03 16:00 +0100
        Re: How to fix I/O errors? Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2017-02-03 22:40 +0100
          Re: How to fix I/O errors? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-02-07 12:00 +0100
    Re: How to fix I/O errors? Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2017-02-03 22:50 +0100
      Re: How to fix I/O errors? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-02-04 08:20 +0100
        Re: How to fix I/O errors? Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2017-02-06 22:20 +0100
          Re: How to fix I/O errors? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-02-06 23:40 +0100
      Re: How to fix I/O errors? Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-02-04 16:20 +0100
        Re: How to fix I/O errors? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-02-04 20:20 +0100
          Re: How to fix I/O errors? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2017-02-06 17:00 +0100
            Re: How to fix I/O errors? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-02-06 18:30 +0100
              Re: How to fix I/O errors? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-02-06 22:30 +0100
              Re: How to fix I/O errors? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 23:20 +0100
            Re: How to fix I/O errors? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-02-06 22:30 +0100

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