Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 23:25:49 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: playnet <playnet@mail333.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How severe is IDNF errors in SMART log? Message-ID: <20060404232549.5181cd2f@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1615524579.20060404154735@mail333.com> References: <20060404011124.1696cf83@localhost> <1615524579.20060404154735@mail333.com>
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On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 15:47:35 +0400 Playnet <playnet@mail333.com> wrote: > Hello Norberto, > > Monday, April 3, 2006, 7:11:24 PM, you wrote: > > NM> I have a laptop with a 100GB Hitachi SATA drive. the SMART log > NM> shows the errors below (via 'sudo smartctl -a /dev/ad0' ). How > NM> badly damaged is the disk? > Do not remap disk, if you can change this disk. Try replace by > warranty. > If not, you need low-level format (with Hitachi tool) and check cables > and controller. wasn't the controller, as it the spin-up issues were happening on a USB dongle. same for cables (well, it's a laptop, so not sure how i'd change them anyway ) > OR you need full backup and monitoring SMART two weeks every day. > IDNF is a hard-bad what you can remap with Hitachi tool. > http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/downloads/dft32_v406_b00.iso > Thanks for the info :) IBM (AU) has issued an DOA on this laptop, so they agree on your/mine assesment (once I read them the SMART info over the phone they must have figured out it was cheaper to get a DOA than keep paying someone to listen to all that ;) ) thx :) B
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