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| From | Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, alt.comp.periphs.hdd |
| Subject | Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? |
| Date | 2014-04-22 20:57 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <yw1xtx9lxhm3.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <bvSdnQ7C3eqai87OnZ2dnUVZ_oCdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <brgrndF8umlU1@mid.individual.net> <yw1xy4yxy3qk.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com> <HAx5v.58842$Pk4.7889@fx28.iad> <brnuccFnmvvU1@mid.individual.net> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> writes: > "Vic RR Garcia" <VicGar007@at-gmail.dot.com> wrote in message > news:HAx5v.58842$Pk4.7889@fx28.iad... >> On 04/22/14 07:59, Måns Rullgård wrote: >>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote >>>>> Rod Speed wrote >>>>>> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote >>>> >>>>>>> Those results look bad? :( >>>> >>>>>> Not too bad if they don't keep increasing. >>>> >>>>> Really? >>>> >>>> Yeah, a few reallocated sectors are no big deal on a drive >>>> that old. Some of those older drives don't handle mains >>>> failure that well and can produce a bad sector that way >>>> and then just reallocate that bad sector. >>> >>> Disks are so cheap there's no reason not to replace them at first sign >>> of trouble. >> >> +1 to that! >> Any disk, over 3 years old and under 250 GB, just replace it at >> first sight of problems. > > I don’t bother with drives that small and it works fine to keep using > drives which only have a few reallocated sectors. Drives work fine until they don't. -- Måns Rullgård mans@mansr.com
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A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-04-19 09:57 -0700
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-04-19 10:55 -0700
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-04-19 11:56 -0700
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-20 06:56 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-04-19 17:34 -0700
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-20 13:02 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-04-19 23:16 -0700
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2014-04-20 07:19 -0500
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-04-20 09:54 -0700
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-04-20 09:57 -0700
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2014-04-21 07:56 -0500
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-04-21 08:08 -0700
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2014-04-22 01:31 +0200
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-04-21 19:02 -0700
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-23 05:24 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2014-04-22 19:03 -0500
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-23 14:42 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-04-22 23:27 -0700
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Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-24 06:32 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2014-04-24 00:26 +0200
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2014-04-23 18:47 -0500
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2014-10-19 21:05 -0500
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-10-21 05:13 +1100
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2014-10-20 16:04 -0500
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-10-22 07:01 +1100
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2014-10-21 15:56 -0500
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2014-10-22 22:43 +0000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-10-24 08:18 -0700
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2014-10-24 15:39 +0000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2014-10-24 20:23 -0500
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-24 11:20 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2014-04-24 09:47 +0200
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-24 06:35 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2014-04-24 00:23 +0200
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-24 11:17 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2014-04-24 09:55 +0200
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-25 05:17 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2014-04-27 19:12 +0200
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-28 19:59 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-23 05:22 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2014-04-20 11:08 +0200
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-04-20 10:13 +0100
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2014-04-20 12:28 +0200
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-21 05:52 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-21 05:50 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? cjt <cheljuba@prodigy.net> - 2014-04-20 19:35 -0500
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2014-04-22 12:59 +0100
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Vic RR Garcia <VicGar007@at-gmail.dot.com> - 2014-04-22 13:23 -0400
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-23 05:30 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2014-04-22 20:57 +0100
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-23 14:37 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-23 05:28 +1000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-03 19:11 -0800
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2015-01-04 12:11 -0600
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 12:38 -0800
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? mjb@signal11.invalid (Mike) - 2015-01-04 23:02 +0000
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 15:21 -0800
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-01-05 08:18 +1100
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 15:21 -0800
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 06:44 -0800
Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-04-20 06:55 +1000
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