Mike Jeays wrote:
On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 16:48, Gerard Seibert wrote:
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:31:58 -0400, Mike Jeays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Disk errors
Wrote these words of wisdom:
I am getting one or two of these a day on a Western Digital 80GB disk
How concerned should I be? The machine seems reliable otherwise.
ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=61092255
ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=61314367
ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=7139615
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On 9/30/2005 4:43:22 PM, Gerard Seibert Replied:
I am not sure what free disk diagnostic programs are available, but I
have used Steve Gibson's 'SpinRite' < http://grc.com > with great
success in the past. If there is something wrong with the disk or
controller, it will find it. Just run it at the highest level, level 5
I believe.
Thanks for the suggestion. I didn't fancy spending $89 US on software
to test a single 80GB disk, because I can buy a new one for about the
same price.
I googled for free tools, and found DFT by Hitachi. I downloaded the
bootable CD version, and tested my disk with it. DFT didn't report any
errors, and so I will carry on using the disk, and make sure I have good
backups. The tool was easy to download and use, but I don't have any
evidence about how good it is at finding errors - so far.
DFT can be found at:
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
A good collection of free tools that includes several hard disk
diagnostic apps, try the ultimate boot cd.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ It's come in handy once or twice.
Later,
Micah
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