On 12/24/21 9:48 AM, Heladu wrote:
El jue, 23-12-2021 a las 18:12 -0500, Dan Ritter escribió:It's true a bad cable can cause this, but you swapped cables, so: Back up the data immediately; this disk is failing. If it is under warranty, you'll get a replacement. That can take weeks, though, so you should go buy another disk today. Sorry. -dsr-Yeah, it's clearly a faulty disk.
Did you test the power supply, the memory, run a long SMART test, and correctly interpret the complete SMART report? Did you double-check your conclusion somehow?
Computers are complicated beasts. A fault in one portion can cause problems in another portion. Bad power supplies are the worst -- they can cause anything and everything to malfunction, they can permanently damage other hardware, and they can cause electrical shock, electrocution, and/or fires.
But I wonder why it has started to fail "sooner". All HDDs I've had have lasted for at least 5 years... I guess I wasn't lucky with this one. Thanks for the reply.
David