hard disk integrity check

[Alan McKinnon]

On Tuesday 18 April 2006 15:05, Balvinder Kataora wrote:
> > So while what you were told is not completely wrong, it's over
> > simplified by a very big margin
>
> so does this mean I shouldn't bother in testing my hard disks for
> its already taken care of?

Sadly, no :-(

SMART catches about 80% of looming disk errors (according to the SMART 
people that is). And disk firmware is written to take care of usual 
errors wherever possible, but it'll never be bullet-proof.

If you give your disks a thorough test every now and then, you should 
carry on doing just that. It does no harm, doesn't take huge amounts 
of your time, and might detect some problem early. Think of it as 
almost free insurance

-- 
If only you and dead people understand hex, 
how many people understand hex?

Alan McKinnon
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