[Bug 285892] Re: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x807f SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen

[DjznBR]

I think I have this bad block for a year now... the thing is that I
would never write much data on this disk. The problem started when the
headers actually started to cross over this spot, since I almost filled
the disk a couple of times.

I never cared to make a full surface scan using the factory tool from
SAMSUNG. Neither cared to do this with fsck. I've always relied on fsck
partial checks, and I think when the thing starts going really bad you
get warned. Otherwise, you don't.

So, download the factory surface scan app from your HDD website company,
and do a full scan. It may take an hour depending how large it is (40
minutes for this 160GB).

One thing for sure is that I will never be buying SAMSUNG hard drives
again. I remember someone said to me that they were a "so-so" hard disk
brand, and my previous disk was a Seagate Spinpoint in 2004 which I
believe it is still kicking ass for someone I sold to. Western Digital
made the RMA record for me, counting 3 RMA'ed drives in 2 years. So I
stopped buying from them too.

I am gonna buy a Seagate 500GB. However, I am gonna low-level format
this problematic drive and see if this bad block can be marked away. At
least I can still use it on a spare machine.

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ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x807f SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
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