Fixing a crashed disk

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 10/26/2012 07:33 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>
> Am 27.10.2012 01:29, schrieb Steven Stern:
>> Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 8 Offline uncorrectable sectors
>> Smartctl tells me the problem is at LBA 2014551336 (this is a 2TB disk)
> sounds bad
>
>> Here's the question:  If I just reformat and restore /home from a
>> recent backup, will the disk automatically deal with the sectors
>> pending reallocation?
> REALLY: throw away the disk and do not restore backups to it
>
> be thankful that you got warned instead lsoe the disk
> from one moment to another and replace it
>
>
>
I would have to agree with this as I had the same thing happen to me, 
the final result was a completely new disk in the machine....there was 
no other alternative for it,...BUT I was able to restore a lot of data / 
music / files / folders  / pictures because I was always making backups 
of my system on a weekly basis....word to the wise....get ahold of some 
external media and use it to hold backups of your system.




EGO II
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