I unfortunately think you were right since now both my Linux computers are
telling me that my hard drive might die at any moment but having reformatted
from scratch still has it saying that and gnome-disk-utility "crashes" (not
actual program crashes) on self-tests however, during all this chaos, it seems
to work perfectly fine and copying Windows stuff like games (=not data I
use/make in Linux) seemed to not causes issues even before the reformatting.
Now, nothing causes problems! (Except the constant nagging). Is it normal for
the drive to work perfectly on its way to death or is there still hope for me
(and work for you lol)? This drive is probably about a year old so I'm really
unlucky especially since it was a gift and I don't have the receipt.
> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:31:35 +0100
> From: b...@decadent.org.uk
> To: denb...@live.com; 632...@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#632248: linux-image-2.6.39-2-amd64: Copying from my external
> Western Digital hard drive gives "Error splicing file: Input/output error"
> error
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 03:57:39PM -0400, Deniz Akcal wrote:
> > Package: linux-2.6
> > Version: 2.6.39-2
> > Severity: important
> >
> >
> > deniz@debian:~$ lsusb | grep Western
> > Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1058:070a Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My
> > Passport Essential SE
> > deniz@debian:~$
> >
> > I am reporting this from Debian Wheezy/Testing but this also happens when
> > using Squeeze's backported 2.6.38 kernel. It even occurs with Squeezes
> > 2.6.32 main stable kernel! It gives
> > the same or similar errror whether I do it via the CLI or the GNOME UI. I
> > also tried with superuser privileges.
> [...]
>
> The hard disk seems to be damaged. I suggest you run the
> manufacturer's diagnostic program on it (it looks like this requires a
> Windows or Mac system, unfortunately).
>
> Ben.
>
> --
> Ben Hutchings
> We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
> - Albert Camus
