On 10/06/2011 02:15 PM, Leif Biberg Kristensen wrote:
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 family Device Model: ST31000340AS Serial Number: 9QJ1ZMHY Firmware Version: SD15
Oh, joy. I have some of those, and can confirm their data-eating powers. Thankfully mine were in a backup server as part of a regularly verified RAID array with ECC on the volumes, so I didn't lose any data, but it was certainly frustrating.
The firmware updater is a right pain, because it only supports certain SATA controllers and you have to boot into it. Grr.
smartctl is a *vital* tool; the more people know about it and how awesome it is, the better.
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