[ubuntu-za] Hard disk issues

Tom Bamford tom at aims.ac.za
Thu Jun 28 14:45:27 UTC 2012


On 28 June 2012 16:16, Charl Wentzel <charl.wentzel at vodamail.co.za> wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> I'm having more and more issues with my harddrive (I think).  My machine
> seems to freeze for short periods of time for no apparent reason.  Looking
> at the syslog, there appears to be an issue with my hard drive.  It's only a
> few months old so I'm quite surprised about this.
>
> <snipped>
>
> Anything I can do to improve the situation?  Unfortunately, replacing the
> harddrive at this stage is not an option.
>
> Regards
> Charl

Hi Charl

Replace the drive. It's dying along with everything stored on it. If
it's only a few months old you can return it under warranty. Drive
failures are common in the first weeks/months of first use.

Regards
Tom

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