[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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