On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 09:59:31AM -0500, Kenneth Gober wrote: > On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 3:27 AM Avon Robertson <avo...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > > > The laptop concerned is a Dell M6600 circa 2011 that I have > > owned since it was new. All internal components are original > > including the 2 750Gb spinning disks. > > > > Is the fsck failed partition recoverable, or should I assume > > the sd1 disk is at end of (a long) life? > > > > Both disks probably need to be replaced. According to Dell's web site > the M6600 takes 2.5" SATA drives just like the M6700 (what I have). > > Something like a WD Blue SA510 SATA SSD should work fine. > > -ken
Thank you for the SSD info Ken. I am going to replace the M6600, but I will get SATA SSD's in the future for the M6600 to keep it going. It has been a great laptop for many years. Regards, Avon -- aer
