Re: ibook g4 hard drive failures
Hi,
On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 11:56:02AM +0100, Emanuele Olivetti wrote:
> What about using a live cd and smartmontools? I had a similar
> problem. Just 'smartctl -a /dev/hda' is enough to get lots of info
> about the status of the hd and its problems.
good idea.
> In my case few sectors died but they were (probably) in the partition
> map... so my partition map disapperad and my partitions were lost. It
> was not a big issue since I had to repartition in those days and
> everything was backupped. After some tries (few hours?) bad sectors
> were replaced by hd hardware and now my disk seems totally clean (no
> more bad sectors detected). Since every disk utility is not able to
> detect anomalies I think my disk is safe now.
looks like mine has something worst. for the record, here is an instance
of the output of 'smartctl -a /dev/hda'.
cheers, paul
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smartctl version 5.32 Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: TOSHIBA MK3025GAS
Serial Number: 54B76586T
Firmware Version: KA300B
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: 6
ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is: Mon Oct 31 11:34:03 2005 UTC
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: FAILED!
Drive failure expected in less than 24 hours. SAVE ALL DATA.
See vendor-specific Attribute list for failed Attributes.
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 149) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x1b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
No Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
No General Purpose Logging support.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 30) minutes.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 100 100 001 Pre-fail Always - 769
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 9011
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 001 001 050 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 1023
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 088 088 000 Old_age Always - 4919
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0033 253 100 030 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1098
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 69
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 093 093 000 Old_age Always - 75583
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 40 (Lifetime Min/Max 15/60)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 247
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 253 000 Old_age Always - 0
220 Disk_Shift 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 150
222 Loaded_Hours 0x0032 091 091 000 Old_age Always - 3898
223 Load_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
224 Load_Friction 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
226 Load-in_Time 0x0026 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 129
240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0001 100 100 001 Pre-fail Offline - 0
Warning: device does not support General Purpose Logging
SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 389 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.
Error 389 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 4918 hours (204 days + 22 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 11 00 85 5a 67 e3
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
ec 00 00 9c 5b 67 e0 00 00:14:55.742 IDENTIFY DEVICE
35 00 d8 c5 5a 67 e0 00 00:13:58.386 WRITE DMA EXT
35 00 d0 f5 59 67 e0 00 00:13:58.382 WRITE DMA EXT
35 00 b8 3d 58 67 e0 00 00:13:58.277 WRITE DMA EXT
35 00 e8 55 57 67 e0 00 00:13:58.173 WRITE DMA EXT
Error 388 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 4918 hours (204 days + 22 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 51 00 74 5b 67 e0 Error: ABRT at LBA = 0x00675b74 = 6773620
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 00 b0 c5 57 67 e0 00 00:26:53.269 WRITE DMA EXT
35 00 b0 c5 57 67 e0 00 00:26:35.999 WRITE DMA EXT
10 00 3f 00 00 00 e0 00 00:26:35.996 RECALIBRATE [OBS-4]
35 00 b0 c5 57 67 e0 00 00:26:27.783 WRITE DMA EXT
35 00 b0 c5 57 67 e0 00 00:26:21.904 WRITE DMA EXT
Error 387 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 4918 hours (204 days + 22 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 51 00 74 5b 67 e0 Error: ABRT at LBA = 0x00675b74 = 6773620
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 00 b0 c5 57 67 e0 00 00:26:35.999 WRITE DMA EXT
10 00 3f 00 00 00 e0 00 00:26:35.996 RECALIBRATE [OBS-4]
35 00 b0 c5 57 67 e0 00 00:26:27.783 WRITE DMA EXT
35 00 b0 c5 57 67 e0 00 00:26:21.904 WRITE DMA EXT
35 00 e0 e5 56 67 e0 00 00:26:21.812 WRITE DMA EXT
Error 386 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 4918 hours (204 days + 22 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 51 00 74 5b 67 e0 Error: ABRT at LBA = 0x00675b74 = 6773620
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 00 b0 c5 57 67 e0 00 00:26:21.904 WRITE DMA EXT
35 00 e0 e5 56 67 e0 00 00:26:21.812 WRITE DMA EXT
35 00 e0 e5 56 67 e0 00 00:26:12.553 WRITE DMA EXT
25 00 08 00 00 00 e0 00 00:25:52.921 READ DMA EXT
25 00 08 38 3e 7e e0 00 00:25:52.921 READ DMA EXT
Error 385 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 4918 hours (204 days + 22 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 51 00 c4 57 67 e0 Error: ABRT at LBA = 0x006757c4 = 6772676
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 00 e0 e5 56 67 e0 00 00:26:12.553 WRITE DMA EXT
25 00 08 00 00 00 e0 00 00:25:52.921 READ DMA EXT
25 00 08 38 3e 7e e0 00 00:25:52.921 READ DMA EXT
25 00 08 30 3e 7e e0 00 00:25:52.921 READ DMA EXT
25 00 08 20 3e 7e e0 00 00:25:52.921 READ DMA EXT
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]
Device does not support Selective Self Tests/Logging
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