On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just switched to a new WD Caviar Black hard drive (really fast and > quiet!) and I noticed some errors when I was cp -ax'ing everything > from my old drive to the new drive which were accompanied by loud > clicks. Is there a way to do a comprehensive test/check of the old > drive to see if it has any problems? > > - Grant
I know it's not a popular solution here in Linux-land, and it's pretty slow for large drives, but I still use SpinRite for that sort of thing. As a quick test, if the old drive has S.M.A.R.T. is to read the data held in the drive to tell you if the on-board controller is seeing problems. Hope this helps, Mark
