On 2007-03-18, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some of your values seem very high. Though according to Google's > report even 1 indicates failure to come. For comparison here are my > values: > > Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0 > ... > Reallocated_Event_Count 0 > ... > > I hope you get to finish your backup. > I did, thanks!
Well, the values do seem high. But from what I've read, the attributes and their raw values are vendor-dependent, and it's the normalized values that should be used: "Each Attribute has a six-byte raw value (RAW_VALUE) and a one-byte normalized value (VALUE). ... The format of the raw data is vendor-specific and not specified by any standard. To track disk reliability, the disk's firmware converts the raw value to a normalized value ranging from 1 to 253. If this normalized value is less than or equal to the threshold (THRESH), the Attribute is said to have failed, as indicated in the WHEN_FAILED column. ..." "The names/meanings of Attributes and the interpretation of their raw values is not specified by any standard. Different manufacturers sometimes use the same Attribute ID for different purposes. " http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6983 My disk isn't in the database, so as I understand it what is reported as Reallocated_Sector_Ct could actually be something else entirely. I would be happy to be corrected. At this point, I've run the smartctl scan without errors, as well as the PC-Doctor scan from the Windows XP partition, also without error. Not that I think the PC-Doctor is better, but apparently I'd need to have documented errors with PC-Doctor to get Lenovo to replace the drive under warranty. Any further suggestions for how to assess or protect my system would be welcome. I don't know of anything else to do, so I'm going to cautiously continue, with regular backups. Tomorrow may be a good day to buy an external hard drive... -- Regards, Tyler Smit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
