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Forum: Storage (alternative) May 6th 18, 02:40 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 16
Views: 1,730
"The Helium Factor and Hard Drive Failure Rates"

On 05/05/2018 08:27 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 12:36:12 AM UTC+8, wrote:

Depends what they can get cheap. They might experiment with another
...
Forum: Storage (alternative) August 19th 17, 01:40 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 1
Views: 663
WD1600YS is not 160GB

On 08/18/2017 07:22 AM, wrote:
I have a WD1600YS disk, and try to clone it to another WD 160 GB disk,
but Clonezilla tells me that it is 165 GB!
So look at the label, it...
Forum: Storage (alternative) January 13th 17, 01:46 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 25
Views: 1,733
installing HD

On 01/12/2017 06:57 AM, Linea Recta wrote:
"Linea Recta" schreef in bericht ...
"Robert Nichols"...
Forum: Storage (alternative) January 10th 17, 03:06 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 25
Views: 1,733
installing HD

On 01/09/2017 02:29 PM, Linea Recta wrote:
It seems a linux utility? I don't run or know anything about linux...
Running Windows 7.

The DOS/Windows utility is called "wdidle3" and can be...
Forum: Storage (alternative) August 21st 16, 03:05 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.hdd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 3
Views: 933
What's a good portable reliable external 2.5" USB HDD to getthese days?

On 08/20/2016 02:44 PM, Ant wrote:
In alt.comp.periphs.hdd Robert Nichols wrote:
That report shows a seldom used drive (only 100 hours on the clock)...
Forum: Storage (alternative) August 20th 16, 02:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.hdd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 3
Views: 933
What's a good portable reliable external 2.5" USB HDD to getthese days?

On 08/19/2016 08:54 AM, Ant wrote:
Hello.

It looks like this 6 years old 500 GB Seagate FreeAgent Go HDD is dying
according to GMsmartControl v0.8.7's extended test results on a very
old,...
Forum: Storage (alternative) November 22nd 15, 03:51 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.system
Replies: 19
Views: 1,102
Can't see the partitions on my external SATA HDD when usingdifferent adapter/controllers (Vantec vs. no brand name)?

On 11/21/2015 11:05 PM, Lewis wrote:
In message
Ant wrote:

Yeah, when I get more drives. It sounds like this would only...
Forum: Storage (alternative) May 31st 15, 05:08 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 23
Views: 2,106
BAckup harddrive, how many partitions

On 05/30/2015 02:27 PM, micky wrote:
On Sat, 30 May 2015 09:30:37 -0500, Robert Nichols
wrote:

On 05/29/2015 01:18 PM, micky wrote:

I'm...
Forum: Storage (alternative) May 30th 15, 03:30 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 23
Views: 2,106
BAckup harddrive, how many partitions

On 05/29/2015 01:18 PM, micky wrote:

I'm using a BlacX caddy, the 2-slot model.

I bought a closed enclosure at first, impressed as I was by how cheap
they were, but changing drives for...
Forum: Storage (alternative) January 26th 15, 03:07 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
Replies: 28
Views: 2,988
Hard disk reliability examined once mo HGST rules, Seagateis alarming

On 01/25/2015 02:06 PM, Neill Massello wrote:
Robert Nichols wrote:
What does "smartctl -A" report for the Load_Cycle_Count on your
WD30EZRX?

...
Forum: Storage (alternative) January 26th 15, 03:05 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.hdd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
Replies: 28
Views: 2,988
Hard disk reliability examined once mo HGST rules, Seagateis alarming

On 01/25/2015 02:07 PM, Ant wrote:
On 1/25/2015 7:34 AM, Robert Nichols wrote:
On 01/24/2015 11:11 PM, Ant wrote:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED
...
Forum: Storage (alternative) January 25th 15, 03:34 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.hdd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
Replies: 28
Views: 2,988
Hard disk reliability examined once mo HGST rules, Seagateis alarming

On 01/24/2015 11:11 PM, Ant wrote:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age...
Forum: Storage (alternative) January 25th 15, 03:20 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
Replies: 28
Views: 2,988
Hard disk reliability examined once mo HGST rules, Seagateis alarming

On 01/25/2015 03:12 AM, Neill Massello wrote:
Ant wrote:

That drive is old, but these WD green drives are new? They use that
power down option as a default feature from...
Forum: Storage (alternative) January 24th 15, 03:18 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.hdd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
Replies: 28
Views: 2,988
Hard disk reliability examined once mo HGST rules, Seagateis alarming

On 01/23/2015 04:52 PM, Ant wrote:
4. 12 days ago, I bought a new green Western Digital Corporation (WDC)
WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 SATA HDD to replace the dying Seagate Barracuda 7200.7
(ST380011A;...
Forum: Storage (alternative) January 4th 15, 06:11 PM Posted to comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.periphs.hdd
Replies: 60
Views: 2,741
A dying very old HDD confirmed?

On 01/03/2015 09:11 PM, Ant wrote:

197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 62493

Is it finally dying to you now? :P

At that pending sector...
Forum: Storage (alternative) September 3rd 14, 02:31 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 10
Views: 583
Mukii TransImp enclosu HD upside down

On 09/02/2014 10:39 PM, wrote:
Eery how my basic knowledge is so obsolete. When I was in high school (or
was it university?), the heads glided on a film of air. ...
Forum: Storage (alternative) September 2nd 14, 06:24 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 10
Views: 583
Mukii TransImp enclosu HD upside down

On 09/01/2014 11:07 PM, wrote:
The problem is that if I lay
the enclosure down flat, the HD is upside down from its orientation in
the laptop. Are current day HDs for...
Forum: Storage (alternative) April 23rd 14, 03:03 PM Posted to comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.periphs.hdd
Replies: 60
Views: 2,741
A dying very old HDD confirmed?

On 04/23/2014 01:27 AM, Ant wrote:
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours)
LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended...
Forum: Storage (alternative) April 21st 14, 01:56 PM Posted to comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.periphs.hdd
Replies: 60
Views: 2,741
A dying very old HDD confirmed?

On 04/20/2014 11:57 AM, Ant wrote:
On 4/20/2014 5:19 AM PT, Robert Nichols typed:

How come it can't complete the long tests though?

That is what concerns me. If it can't finish it,...
Forum: Storage (alternative) April 20th 14, 01:19 PM Posted to comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.periphs.hdd
Replies: 60
Views: 2,741
A dying very old HDD confirmed?

On 04/20/2014 01:16 AM, Ant wrote:
How come it can't complete the long tests though?

That is what concerns me. If it can't finish it, then something is going bad?

That test stops on the...
Forum: Storage (alternative) March 1st 14, 02:28 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.periphs.hdd
Replies: 21
Views: 1,260
Can't enable and read a Maxtor SATA HDD?

On 02/28/2014 02:22 PM, Ant wrote:
Hmm, is there a way to determine when that recorded hottest temperature
happened?

If it was fairly recent, "smartctl -l scttemphist /dev/hda" might give...
Forum: Storage (alternative) September 9th 13, 12:28 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 13
Views: 586
Extended offline Completed: read failure

On 09/09/2013 01:28 AM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
The 90% is "Remaining" from the last line of the output
(below). The first error is about 10% from the beginning of the disk, so I
guess it means...
Forum: Storage (alternative) December 14th 12, 12:08 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 31
Views: 1,379
Access openings in HDDs

On 12/12/2012 11:17 PM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Some HDDs have rather large (1cm) holes covered by plastic and foil
stickers. They seem to be positioned for easy access to destroying the
platters...
Forum: Storage (alternative) November 7th 12, 02:39 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.os.linux.hardware
Replies: 15
Views: 794
Writing/Erasing/Formatting old Mini and regular sized SD memorycards in Linux?

On 11/04/2012 07:10 PM, Ant wrote:
Hi.

I got a bunch of old Mini and regular sized SD memory cards (16 MB to 1 GB),
that were used for old Palm smartphones and PDAs. I thought maybe I could...
Forum: Storage (alternative) July 30th 12, 02:24 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 10
Views: 882
Power-Off Retract Count raw value 2293768

On 07/30/2012 12:43 AM, AndyHancock wrote:

What I really caught my attention was Power-Off Retract Count raw
value, 2293768. The normalized values seem to indicate that all is
well,

2293768...
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