John Andersen wrote:
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:39 AM, TerraNova 66
wrote: There's a system rescue disk on Distrowatch. Would it be an idea to get this and use it to test the hard drive?
No, not yet. I would just run man smartctl to get the instructions for smart
Ultimately, I suspect the best solution is to get a new hard drive and store the old one in case I ever sell the computer. I don't actually use the Microsoft so it wouldn't be missed.
Yup. In fact, disks are so cheap now that when I order a new machine I just get the smallest disk offered, and remove it immediately and replace it with a separately purchased compatible drive of the size I really want.
Why would you *replace* it? The more disk drives you have, the less I/O wait time, resulting in significant improvements in performance, especially with interactive processes. The desktop machine I'm on right now has SIX disk drives in it. And with your filesystems spread over a bunch of small drives, they last a LONG time. Even my cheap WD and no-brand IDE drives last for 5+ years... and by the time one fails, all I'm using it for is /tmp or swap.
If any problems develop with the machine I smack in the old drive and ship it back for warranty repair. After the warranty expires, I use the old 40gig (or what ever) in an expansion cabinet for backup, or for fixing other machines that had drive problems.
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