[Gllug] Random freezes

[Martin A. Brooks]

Jack Bertram wrote:

> I'll try smartmontools. IIRC, the hard disk in question is an IBM
>
>Deskstar (I try not to succumb to the usual nicknames) 25GP dating from
>about 1999, so it may well be getting towards the end of its useful
>life.
>  
>

IBM had a good diagnostic utility called DFT (Drive Fitness Test).  You 
can probably download a copy from whoever took over their hard disk 
opteration (Samsung?)

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