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

[alan c]

On 12/11/11 17:12, Colin Law wrote:
> On 12 November 2011 17:03, 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.
> 
> You could suggest she installs something like hdtune [1] (the non-pro
> version is free for personal use) which should show the SMART data.
> Alternatively the disk manufacturers often have diagnostic tools you
> can download with will show if there are any problems.
> 
> Colin
> 
> [1] http://www.hdtune.com

Thanks I will do that.
-- 
alan cocks
Ubuntu user