Re: HDD Diagnostic
- From: Bernd Strieder <strieder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:38:13 +0200
Hello,
Nutty wrote:
As per the requirement the procedure to test HDD should be
# Check HDD
1. Validates the hard-disk device by writing a pattern onto an unused
sector and compares with the expected pattern.
2. Checks all the sectors (HDD surface test) and report bad sectors.
For HDD diagnosis, there are smartmontools. Most current harddisks have
SMART technology, they count how often they are turned on, how seek
times develop over time, how many defect sectors have been
automatically replaced by the builtin logic, and a lot more.
The tests you suggest make sense for harddisks without any builtin
logic, where the user and the OS take full responsibility. You might
want to rethink your goals.
Bernd Strieder
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