Re: [OT] how to detect a dying hard drive
Ron Johnson wrote:
>> I checked the hard drive for badblocks and there are none. But somehow I
>> feel (cannot prove) that it is taking up a lot of time to write large
>> files than it did before. That is why I think the hard drive could be
>> dying.
>
> Is it coughing blood? Faint heartbeat? High/fluttering blood
> pressure? Blue lips?
>
More like cancer - it's (the hard drive's) performance gets weaker day by
day and there seem to be no cure. I am trying to get an early diagnosis.
raju
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