On 03/16/17 09:48, Robert Nichols wrote:
That looks fine. The drive has no reallocated sectors, and apparently sat there well cooled and seldom power cycled during the ~2.6 years it was in use. It's a Seagate drive, so the high raw values for Raw_Read_Error_Rate, Seek_Error_Rate, and Hardware_ECC_Recovered can be ignored (those are not simple error counts). About the only downside is that it's a relatively small (500GB) 5900 RPM drive, so it's going to be slower than today's drives.
-- Bob Nichols
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Yes, I have been buying WD 1TB drives, 7200 rpm, sometimes Seagate when the price is right. I don't have a specific need for this one, it was an old TV device that they had not provided a return label for, told my daughter to toss it and she thought I might want the hard drive. It took considerable effort to get to it, even some loss of blood on sharp edges. The drive was in a separate housing with a fan. The device was one of five, from the spare bedroom I believe, probably had little use.
Imight put Fedora 26 alpha on it when it's available.
Thanks to all who responded. I keep adding information to my notes.
Bob