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| howtos:hardware:smart_hdd_diagnostics [2015/01/05 01:18 (UTC)] – [Is my drive failing ?] metaschima | howtos:hardware:smart_hdd_diagnostics [2015/01/05 01:19 (UTC)] (current) – [Is my drive failing ?] metaschima |
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| A failing drive is defined as: | A failing drive is defined as: |
| - Having a ''Pre-fail'' attribute below or near threshold, marked ''FAILING_NOW'' or ''In_the_past''. | - Having a ''Pre-fail'' attribute below or near threshold, marked ''FAILING_NOW'' or ''In_the_past''. |
| - Having an ''Old_age'' attribute below or near threshold, marked ''FAILING_NOW'' or ''In_the_past'' **PLUS** other signs of failure such as consistent failure of SMART long tests, strange noises, slowing down, corrupt data, etc. | - Having an ''Old_age'' attribute below or near threshold, marked ''FAILING_NOW'' or ''In_the_past'' **PLUS** other signs of failure such as consistent failure of SMART tests, strange noises, slowing down, corrupt data, etc. |
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| <note important>A failed long test does NOT mean your drive is failing, it could be just bad blocks. See previous section.</note> | <note important>A failed long test does NOT mean your drive is failing, it could be just bad blocks. See previous section.</note> |
