Disk reporting SMART BAD

[BertieBigBollox]

I hit F4 to continue and it tries to boot into windows. Fails and
reboots again.

I assume this is bad!!!!

Tried to get into BIOS but it asks for password and then goes straight
back to SMART BAD screen....

 

[Arno Wagner]

I hit F4 to continue and it tries to boot into windows. Fails and
reboots again.

I assume this is bad!!!!

Tried to get into BIOS but it asks for password and then goes straight
back to SMART BAD screen....

Very bad, considering the optimistic SMART thresholds set by most
HDD vendors.

If you have current backups, just scrap the disk. If not, this may
get painful. Your bets bet is professional data recovery. It will
be expensive, but may get your data back.

As for doing some analysis yourself, you obviosly need a different
boot-device for that. One possibility would be to mount the disk
in a different computer. Another one is to get a knoppix CD Linux
and use smartctl to dsplay the SMART attributes.

Arno

 

[BertieBigBollox]

Very bad, considering the optimistic SMART thresholds set by most
HDD vendors.

If you have current backups, just scrap the disk. If not, this may
get painful. Your bets bet is professional data recovery. It will
be expensive, but may get your data back.

As for doing some analysis yourself, you obviosly need a different
boot-device for that. One possibility would be to mount the disk
in a different computer. Another one is to get a knoppix CD Linux
and use smartctl to dsplay the SMART attributes.

Arno

I was thinking of ultimate boot cd....

 

[Arno Wagner]

I was thinking of ultimate boot cd....

If it allows MSRT access, then try it.

Arno

 

[BertieBigBollox]

If it allows MSRT access, then try it.

Arno

MSRT?

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

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MSRT?

bets dsplay obviosly.

 

[Arno Wagner]

MSRT?

Opps, sorry. I meant SMART...

Arno

 

[Rod Speed]

Opps, sorry. I meant SMART...

Fark, what drugs is this clown on ?

 

[BertieBigBollox]

Strange...

Booted from ultimate boot cd and ran a few disk diagnostics. All came
up OK.


Does this mean disk is OK ???

 

[Arno Wagner]

Strange...

Booted from ultimate boot cd and ran a few disk diagnostics. All came
up OK.

Does this mean disk is OK ???

Depends very much on the type of diagnostics. Limited read tests can
very well work, even if the disk is dying. Example: There may
be massive surface damage, but localized to one area. If a test
does not touch this area, it may not find any problems.

In short: It may not mean anything. As I said, SMART failures are
reported rather late into a disk problem by most disks in my
experience.

The only thing to be reasonably reliable is to run a long SMART
selftest and to look at the SMART attributes before and after.
If you have trouble interpreting the SMART attributes, post the
results here.

Arno

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Arno Wagner wrote in news:[email protected]

Depends very much on the type of diagnostics. Limited read tests can
very well work, even if the disk is dying.

Example: There may be massive surface damage, but localized to one
area. If a test does not touch this area, it may not find any problems.

Babblebot the Idjut, as always.

If there is massive damage to the surface then there is massive damage
to the heads as well.