Is there any type of drive integrity tool I could test my drive with in Kubuntu to see if it is done for? It powers up and works fine. But I have not tried to write any data to it until I know it's passed a test or two.
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Re: Dropped my external hard drive....
The Bonus FAQ in the FAQs linked in my signature has a link to the SMART How-To. I don't think SMART checks for dents
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Re: Dropped my external hard drive....
Forgot to mention it... It's an ide/eide Maxtor drive inside the enclosure. So SMART wouldn't pick up on this I think.
Funny you mention dent...
One of the flimsy sides got it a little. It only fell a couple feet. But terminal velocity on hard drives is like 0.2 meters, isn't it?
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Re: Dropped my external hard drive....
Hmmm -- I would think if it shows up with fdisk then smartmontools will find it.
Here's something I saw the other day that might be of interest. The new Parted Magic 4.4 Live CD has a graphical version of smartmontools. I keep thinking one night before I go to bed I'm going to boot it and run the long test on the hdd that I'm most nervous about.
http://partedmagic.com/
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