[Sussex] hard disk analysis tools

[Mike Diack]

Back up the drive urgently before you even worry about anything like the 
SMART status

Exactly. If a hard drive is making bad noises, back it up 1st. Mine failed 
last year this way. If it's making noises, it might well have < 1 hr's life 
left - mine did.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nico Kadel-Garcia" <nkadel at gmail.com>
To: "LUG email list for the Sussex Counties" <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Sussex] hard disk analysis tools

> David Morris wrote:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I have a disk I suspect is failing (making very bad noises), and I know
>> I can reboot it and look at the SMART status for it (but I don't want to
>> risk it not coming backup as its my FW)
>>
>> Are there any tools I can run against it to access the SMART status for
>> it or any other tools to access its status without having to reboot and
>> risk it not coming backup again.
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
> Back it up *FIRST*.
>
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