[Gllug] Hard Drive Help (Running Linux)

[Andrew Farnsworth]

On Wed Jul  9 13:13 , Ben Whyte  sent:

>Every now and again when it tries to do something, reading or writing 
>the drive starts to click the machine becomes very heavily loaded and in 
>the end i have to reboot the machine.  This is happening fairly often now.

Abnormal noises are a clear indication of drive fatigue and impending failure. 
You need to replace this drive.  However, you might also try using the
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology systems (SMART) tools found on
sourceforge.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartmontools/

This will give you more information on the drive and it's current status. 
Regardless of what the tools say, I would not use this drive for anything mission
critical.

Andy
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