Thread: Hard Drive Assessment and hdd occassion freeze
not ubuntu specific, here anyway help.
problem:
a) hard drive indicator stop blinking or goes dead , computer freezes. @ point have hard reboot, keyboard/mouse not respond. neither special commands, ctrl-alt-(function keys) f7/f1/f3/f12 respond.
b) when hard reboot, there no guarantee computer boot again. when happens i've noticed hard drive light never comes on boot. @ point wait 10 mins or more , pray , forsure boots later, may freeze again.
tried , concluded:
tr1: problem not related software: tried fresh installs of system (win 7, xp, ubuntu), have problem.
hardware spec:
t61 lenovo, nvidia 140m, hitatchi 100gb drive, 2gb ram. machine more 5 yrs old, i've replaced fan on once.
attaching hard disk results smartmontools.
request:
a) can please advise how read result? if hard drive do? hard drive need replacement?
b) there way rule out mobo / graphics card issues?
in advance
you've got 1 pending sector, more enough cause kind of problems have been describing. sector can't read; if operating system tries read file contains sector , cannot, freeze up.
in case 0 out drive (which erase everything) , hope clears pending sector. if doesn't, need replace drive.
obviously, backup care on drive before zeroing out. once you've done that, can use dban wipe drive overnight, check s.m.a.r.t. again using live cd parted magic.
if want try preserve existing operating system partitions before wiping, try copying partitions to, say, external drive, first, tools partimage or dd. if 1 sector in important file, may error in copying, though. if lucky enough find out file (e2fsck may tell you), potentially replace fix os. or maybe isn't in important file , ok after wipe.
cloning drive new 1 it, too, , easier if happen have one.
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