"Caveman Al Toraboran" <toraboracave...@protonmail.com>, 22.03.2020, 02:29:
> On Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:03 PM, Stefan Schmiedl <s...@xss.de> wrote: >> "Caveman Al Toraboran" toraboracave...@protonmail.com, 21.03.2020, 14:49: >> >> > questions: >> > * what's going on? >> > * how to find out? >> >> "dmesg -T" is your friend. It should show the error messages >> with their timestamps. >> >> > * how to fix? >> >> For spinning HDs: >> >> If the error messages point towards faulty sectors that can't be >> written, get a new drive and migrate your data. If the messages >> don't contain sectors, check and/or replace the cabling. If the >> problem persists, get a new drive etc... > i get this: http://codepad.org/MVeqeBBu > it mentions "sector", but not sure if it is what you mean. Messages like >> [sda] tag#6 Sense Key : Medium Error [current] >> [sda] tag#6 Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed usually point towards towards problems with the magnetic layer on the disk. These do not get better over time, they only get worse. Then we have "auto reallocate failed", which means that the HD controller tried to reassign the damaged sector to another working sector, unsuccessfully. > what do you think? If there is anything of value on the disk, get a new one right now. Good luck, s.