[ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

[Gareth France]

Ah, now I understand. This same utility saved all the data on my 1TB drive
only a couple of weeks back. It's unwell, very unwell!

On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 5:03 PM, alan c <aeclist at candt.waitrose.com> wrote:

> On 12/11/11 16:43, Colin Law wrote:
> > On 12 November 2011 16:31, alan c <aeclist at candt.waitrose.com> wrote:
> >> Yesterday I spent time with someone who was interested in using
> >> Ubuntu. The Live CD ran well in her laptop. However, the live session
> >> disc utility showed some errors, numerically apparently quite a lot. I
> >> discussed her considering a new drive, but anyway helped her back up
> >> some files.....
> >
> > When you say it showed some errors, are you talking about SMART errors
> or what?
>
> Yes, sorry, I was too vague, SMART errors.
> I explained to her at the time that we were not looking at her
> Windows, and this was information from the drive itself. And then
> later her son connected remotely, to Windows presumably, looked at the
> file system, saw nothing untoward, and rubbished Ubuntu. That  'NTFS'
> drivers was mentioned suggests to me that  he was mistakenly looking
> at the file system, not SMART information.
>
> I have always found the Ubuntu disc utility to be reliable, and checks
> ot fairly well with a seagate tool I have too. Any other experiences?
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