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running 12.04 on refurbished computer purchased yesterday. 80 gb hd.
after few reboots, started getting message sick hard drive. turns out system hard drive.
ran shutdown -rf , sudo touch /forcefsck.
disk utility reports "disk has few bad sectors".
after clicking on 'view smart data', 2 errors reported are:
1. read error rate
5. reallocated sector count

i'm assuming means hard drive dying , should see if store swap out hard drive new 1 (i have 30 day warranty). how can print out smart data report?

thanks,
jeremy

install smartmontools , terminal run:

code:
sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda
assuming sda main 80gb drive.

should show bunch of s.m.a.r.t. status fields including read error rate , reallocated sector count. print out list, circle 2 , take back. yes, clean drive doesn't have such errors.

fyi, can dig handy little linux distro called parted magic can use check s.m.a.r.t. since has smartmontools (and many other neat utilities) installed. google parted magic , download/burn cd. can boot in store if let on replacement hard drive , click "smart control" , make sure drive clean. in graphics version of smart control, make sure there no attributes highlighted in red.


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