On 12/11/11 16:43, Colin Law wrote: > On 12 November 2011 16:31, alan c <aecl...@candt.waitrose.com> wrote: >> Yesterday I spent time with someone who was interested in using >> Ubuntu. The Live CD ran well in her laptop. However, the live session >> disc utility showed some errors, numerically apparently quite a lot. I >> discussed her considering a new drive, but anyway helped her back up >> some files..... > > When you say it showed some errors, are you talking about SMART errors or > what?
Yes, sorry, I was too vague, SMART errors. I explained to her at the time that we were not looking at her Windows, and this was information from the drive itself. And then later her son connected remotely, to Windows presumably, looked at the file system, saw nothing untoward, and rubbished Ubuntu. That 'NTFS' drivers was mentioned suggests to me that he was mistakenly looking at the file system, not SMART information. I have always found the Ubuntu disc utility to be reliable, and checks ot fairly well with a seagate tool I have too. Any other experiences? -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
