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<div>I have identified the problem.</div><div><br></div><div>First, I used the BIOS setup to find the models of the disk drives. <br></div><div><br></div><div>IDE Seagate 120GB</div><div>IDE WD 200 GB</div><div><br></div><div>SATA1 Seagate 1000GB</div><div>SATA2 <br></div><div>SATA3 DVD drive.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Next, following Rick's suggestion, I went to Seagate and WD websites. Each had tools for Windows, MAC and stand alone. One company's standalone tool said it only worked if disk was formatted FAT32.<br></div><div><br></div><div>This time, dual boot was helpful. I booted Win7 and downloaded SeagateTools, and Western Digital Life Guard. The windows install was uneventful. I launched the Seagate Tools; nothing happened. I launched the WD tools. After just a few seconds there was a table of results. It listed all of the drives, even a USB dongle.The old IDE drives pass. The SATA 1GB Seagate failed. <br></div><div><span>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">Reallocated Sector
Count Value 3, Threshold 36, Worst 3</p>
</span><br></div><div>From the many other entries I think possibly this means there are only 3 spare sectors left to re-allocate.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, November 18, 2018, 10:42:47 PM PST, Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
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<div>Quoting Paul Zander (<a shape="rect" href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paulz@ieee.org</a>): I <br clear="none"><br clear="none">> in /var/log/messages<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> * `grep -v scsi` returns nothing.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> * Several pairs of messages like the following:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> messages.1:Nov 11 22:26:15 PZ01 org.gtk.vfs.UDisks2VolumeMonitor[1283]: disc.c:352: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv<br clear="none">> messages.1:Nov 11 22:26:15 PZ01 org.gtk.vfs.UDisks2VolumeMonitor[1283]: disc.c:352: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Well, that _could_ be a sign of a failing drive, but my offhand<br clear="none">impression is that's really thin in the context of the BIOS raising an<br clear="none">alarm during POST. It doesn't seem to match.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Devices are indeed listed as /dev/sda /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc.<br clear="none">> Sizes are "roughly"100 GB, 200DB and 900 GB, which gives some clue as to how old they are.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I'm thinking that once I get the box open, it might be time to buy a new TB drive, I had been thinking it was time to reinstall the OS anyway. If /usr/bin is on a drive with SSD buffer, everything will run much faster.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">If during diagnosis you isolate peoblem cause to a specific physical<br clear="none">drive device, don't hasten to throw it away without some further steps.<br clear="none">Specifically, each manufacturer (Samsung, Western Digital, Seagate,<br clear="none">etc.) offers for download diagnostic and repair software that in many<br clear="none">cases can massage an old drive into like-new condition. Look around and<br clear="none">find (and use) the one for your device. Example:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/</a><div class="ydpf4794657yqt3884565016" id="ydpf4794657yqtfd08984"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">conspire mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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