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Re: Hard drive testing?



On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Steven Pritchard <steve@silug.org> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:59:06AM -0600, Wolfgang wrote:
> I fear my 1 TB Western Digital HDD of less than 6 months of age is failing,
> in Ubuntu and Fedora no issues, just random lag time, however in Windows it
> blue screens, even while hibernating (and usually while hibernating so no
> codes are written down). šIf it is dieing that's not so bad as all my other
> hardware in my nearly 2 year old rig seems fine, and any major data is
> backed up, however this would make a second dead hard drive in this system
> (last drive was a 500 GB Seagate that died due to circuit board failure).
> Any suggestions on how to diagnose would be much appreciated.

Run the following and post the results:

šsmartctl -A -H -l error -l selftest /dev/sda

(Assuming the drive is /dev/sda, of course.)

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Had issues getting that specific smartctl command to go so I did smartctl --all /dev/sda and it returned this:

smartctl 5.40 2010-03-16 r3077 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

Smartctl open device: /dev/sda failed: Permission denied
wolfgang@wolfgang-desktop:~$ sudo smartctl --all /dev/sda
smartctl 5.40 2010-03-16 r3077 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:šššš WDC WD10EALS-00Z8A0
Serial Number:ššš WD-WCATR0526800
Firmware Version: 05.01D05
User Capacity:ššš 1,000,204,886,016 bytes
Device is:ššššššš Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:šš 8
ATA Standard is:š Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is:ššš Tue Dec 21 15:35:54 2010 CST
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: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:š (0x84)ššš Offline data collection activity
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš was suspended by an interrupting command from host.
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:ššššš ( 121)ššš The previous self-test completed having
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš the read element of the test failed.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ššš ššš š(16800) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: ššš ššš ššš š(0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš Suspend Offline collection upon new
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš command.
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš Offline surface scan supported.
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš Self-test supported.
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš Conveyance Self-test supported.
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:ššššššššššš (0x0003)ššš Saves SMART data before entering
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš power-saving mode.
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:ššššššš (0x01)ššš Error logging supported.
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ššš š(šš 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ššš š( 194) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ššš š(šš 5) minutes.
SCT capabilities: ššš šššššš (0x3037)ššš SCT Status supported.
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš SCT Feature Control supported.
ššš ššš ššš ššš ššš SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAMEššššššššš FLAGšššš VALUE WORST THRESH TYPEššššš UPDATEDš WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
š 1 Raw_Read_Error_Ratešššš 0x002fšš 199šš 194šš 051ššš Pre-failš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 4075
š 3 Spin_Up_Timeššššššššššš 0x0027šš 171šš 171šš 021ššš Pre-failš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 4416
š 4 Start_Stop_Countššššššš 0x0032šš 100šš 100šš 000ššš Old_agešš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 327
š 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ctšš 0x0033šš 200šš 200šš 140ššš Pre-failš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 0
š 7 Seek_Error_Ratešššššššš 0x002ešš 200šš 200šš 000ššš Old_agešš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 0
š 9 Power_On_Hoursššššššššš 0x0032šš 099šš 099šš 000ššš Old_agešš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 974
š10 Spin_Retry_Countššššššš 0x0032šš 100šš 100šš 000ššš Old_agešš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 0
š11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032šš 100šš 100šš 000ššš Old_agešš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 0
š12 Power_Cycle_Countšššššš 0x0032šš 100šš 100šš 000ššš Old_agešš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 291
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032šš 200šš 200šš 000ššš Old_agešš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 22
193 Load_Cycle_Countššššššš 0x0032šš 200šš 200šš 000ššš Old_agešš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 304
194 Temperature_Celsiusšššš 0x0022šš 113šš 102šš 000ššš Old_agešš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 34
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032šš 200šš 200šš 000ššš Old_agešš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 0
197 Current_Pending_Sectorš 0x0032šš 200šš 200šš 000ššš Old_agešš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 5
198 Offline_Uncorrectablešš 0x0030šš 200šš 200šš 000ššš Old_agešš Offlineššššš -šššššš 5
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Countššš 0x0032šš 200šš 200šš 000ššš Old_agešš Alwaysšššššš -šššššš 0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Ratešš 0x0008šš 200šš 200šš 000ššš Old_agešš Offlineššššš -šššššš 5

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Numš Test_Descriptionššš Statusššššššššššššššššš Remainingš LifeTime(hours)š LBA_of_first_error
# 1š Short offlinešššššš Completed: read failurešššššš 90%šššššš 970šššššššš 31290205
# 2š Short offlinešššššš Completed: read failurešššššš 90%šššššš 970šššššššš 31290205
# 3š Extended offlineššš Completed: read failurešššššš 90%šššššš 970šššššššš 31290205
# 4š Extended offlineššš Completed: read failurešššššš 90%šššššš 970šššššššš 31290205
# 5š Extended offlineššš Completed: read failurešššššš 90%šššššš 970šššššššš 31290205
# 6š Short offlinešššššš Completed: read failurešššššš 90%šššššš 222šššššššš 32454051
# 7š Extended offlineššš Completed: read failurešššššš 90%šššššš 220šššššššš 32454051
# 8š Conveyance offlineš Completed: read failurešššššš 90%šššššš 220šššššššš 32454051

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
šSPANš MIN_LBAš MAX_LBAš CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
ššš 1ššššššš 0ššššššš 0š Not_testing
ššš 2ššššššš 0ššššššš 0š Not_testing
ššš 3ššššššš 0ššššššš 0š Not_testing
ššš 4ššššššš 0ššššššš 0š Not_testing
ššš 5ššššššš 0ššššššš 0š Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
š After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.



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