Re: Is my hard disk about to crash?

[Jonathan Opperman <jonathan@infosat.net>]

> OMG, you have me worried:
> ~# hddtemp  /dev/hda
> /dev/hda: WDC WD800JB-00FMA0: 41 C
>
> It is a Western Digital 80GB disk. It's temperature is usually around
> this value. There is a slave disk too, just beneath this one, but that
> one is sleeping (using noflushd).
>
> And since my computer stays on more or less 24x7, is my hd's life
> drastically reduced and counting?

I'm also worried now, box been running for about 4 Years now. Always on.

hddtemp  /dev/hda
/dev/hda: ST340810A: 42 C

Ciao
Jono
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