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| Thread ID: 98068 | 2009-03-10 04:52:00 | Can i use this hard drive | aidanmaz (7180) | Press F1 |
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| 755182 | 2009-03-10 21:19:00 | IF you hibernated it, and then stuck it in another computer, you can cause all sorts of problems as the filesystem is still mounted. I would install SpeedFan from www.almico.com and check the SMART status online. I would especially be looking at the reallocated sector/event count and pending sector count (note that using the online analysis will notify you of anything of interest) If you want further opinion, get a screenshot of the online SMART analysis page from speedfan and post it here or imagef1 |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 755183 | 2009-03-11 00:36:00 | the tests show the drive is fine.... but im too scared to use it, i want to put it in a VMware ESX 3i virtual server, but dont want to lose data. | aidanmaz (7180) | ||
| 755184 | 2009-03-11 02:35:00 | If there's no reallocated sectors you're probably fine I would take note of how many there are (if any) and then do a full re-zero and verify of the entire drive. If any sectors get reallocated, or the number increases after you do that, then I'd be suspicious. Or just do a level 5 check with Spinrite. If the drive survives that then I would be happy |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 755185 | 2009-03-11 07:09:00 | here is the Online Speedfan SMART screenshot here (www.imagef1.net.nz) | aidanmaz (7180) | ||
| 755186 | 2009-03-11 07:15:00 | That looks fine, but the your hard drive is running quite a bit hotter than mine! Do you have a front 120mm fan to cool the hard drives? I'd added one, and the temps dropped 15 degrees! |
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| 755187 | 2009-03-11 07:24:00 | yeah is running hot, only cos i have crammed three harddrives in the machine, | aidanmaz (7180) | ||
| 755188 | 2009-03-11 07:53:00 | Everything looks good apart from perhaps "Command time out" A number of aborted operations due to HDD timeout. Normally this attribute value should be equal to zero and if you have values far above zero, then most likely you have some serious problems with your power supply or you have an oxidized data cable. I would check your data and power cables. Tighten/replace/change if needed |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 755189 | 2009-03-11 08:48:00 | PSU is less than 1 month old, and the SATA cable i snitched from work on saturday, still in its plastic bag thingy.... | aidanmaz (7180) | ||
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