Gecko/20120207 Icedove/3.0.11
From: Alastair Black 

On 03/12/2012 01:49 PM, Frank K. Jensen wrote:
> "Frank K. Jensen"  skrev i meddelelsen
> news:4f5e4c2f$0$282$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
>>
>> "Alastair Black" skrev i meddelelsen
>> news:jjld4n$jtj$2@n102.xanadu-bbs.net...
>> >
>> > On 03/11/2012 04:11 PM, Frank K. Jensen wrote:
>> >
>> > 
>> >
>> > > I will try that. Do you have the exact name? (remember I am a big
>> time
>> > > linux newbie :-))
>> > >
>> > > ~Frank
>> >
>> > S.M.A.R.T. is health monitoring capability built in to most
>> > modern drives.
>> >
>> > 
>>
>> Thanks, It is scanning now.
>
> After testing I get:
> ----------
> smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
> Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
>
> === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
>
> SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
>
> Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
> # 1 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% 9292 494776
> # 2 Short offline Completed: read failure 50% 9291 494776
> # 3 Short offline Aborted by host 70% 1 -
> # 4 Short offline Completed: read failure 50% 9291 494776
> ----------
>
> That doesn't look too god does it?
>
> The detailed info is here: http://dodgethis.dk/files/hddtest1.txt
>
> ~Frank
>

Agreed. It looks abysmal. Power hiccups in the last
few months? No surge-protector/UPS? What's the
date of manufacture on the label on the drive?

With patience, you may get a fairly good backup.

Alastair


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