file removal problem

[Brian McKee]

On Friday 04 August 2006 10:41, R Kimber wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:07:52 -0400
>
> "Brian McKee" <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Keep in mind it's possible it's not the drive itself but a bad cable
> > or drive controller or similar.   I would put the drive in another pc
> > if possible and
> > run a drive testing utility on it and see what it says.   I keep a
> > copy of "The Ultimate Boot CD" around for cases like this, it has
> > several good utilities for this.   The drive manufacturer usually has
> > something you can download from their site that will do a decent job
> > too. If the drive comes up ok, repeat the test with the drive back in
> > the PC and see what you get...
>
> Thanks, but do you not place any reliance on what smartmontools reports?
>
I replaced a hard drive yesterday that smartmon tools never said a word
about until it died completely.

In my experience, if SMART says it's bad, it's bad, but the reverse isn't
true.  It doesn't catch everything.   A drive testing utility (esp if written
by the manufacturer) is likely your best bet.

Brian

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