hard drive sector testing on Ubuntu

[Steve Flynn]

On 10 October 2012 08:44, lazer100 <lazer100 at talktalk.net> wrote:

> Device: TOSHIBA  MK1059GSM        Version: 0100
> Device type: disk
> Local Time is: Wed Oct 10 12:38:08 2012 BST
> Device does not support SMART
>
> Error Counter logging not supported
> Device does not support Self Test logging

According to the tech specs for this drive, it *does* support the
SMART command set -

http://storage.toshiba.eu/cms/en/hdd/computing/product_detail.jsp?productid=364

There's some discussion of this drive and smrtctl here:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4D223A5D.1060401%40gmx-topmail.de&forum_name=smartmontools-database

Could try following some of the adive given in that thread.

-- 
Steve

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