According to the S.M.A.R.T. Stats my drive is in GOOD shape.
But the Drive is making noises that are a sign of failure soon.

Here is a Link to the SMART stats for my hard drive, it's a small
graphic.
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8227/smartyl0.png

My hard drive is the following:
"Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS, 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA
3.0Gb/s"

Can anyone help me make sense of the SMART while considering the drive
is making Bad noises?

"Bob Brown INC." <sillyspammers (AT) bots (DOT) dumb> wrote

under warranty. Check with Seagate, some models have 3yr warranty.

Mike.

Bob Brown INC. wrote:
drive. You have gotten lots of advice.

If you choose not to take it then don't, just don't keep asking the same
stupid asshole questions over and over again by restating them.

Let me explain this so even you can understand it.

IF THE FUCKING THING IS MAKE FUCKING NOISE, IT IS SURE AS HELL GOING TO
FUCK UP COMPLETELY IN SHORT ORDER. MORE THAN LIKELY THE FUCKING SPINDLE
BEARING ON THE FUCKING PLATTER IS BAD OR GOING BAD. I THINK EVEN YOU
CAN POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND I.E. IF YOU WANT TO.

On Thu, 10 May 2007 14:07:09 -0400, Bob Brown INC.
<sillyspammers (AT) bots (DOT) dumb> wrote:


2 choices

1) Continue using the drive, making more frequent backups
because you have a reason to wonder about it's fitness.

2) Contact Seagate and explain that while it has no error
codes yet it has developed a funny squeaking noise and you'd
like it replaced. Then decide if you would use a
replacement from them for primary uses (it might be a
refurbished drive they'd send, if they'll replace it right
now) or buy a new drive and if you get a replacement, use it
in a less critical role.

We can't tell you how important this system and data storage
is to _you_. The conservative answer is just replace it.
You might get a 2nd drive and run a RAID1 array then if it
fails you have the redundancy, or use the new drive for the
important system storage and the 2nd for temporary internet
files, pagefile, application scratch space/etc to speed up
the system storage some.

In article <out6439gddat29mkbjr5ani7eqrunbbifl (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>,
kony <spam (AT) spam (DOT) com> wrote:

Go to the seagate website and d/l the test software for your drive and
run it. It will probably give youi error codes.

The web sites of most drive manufacturers have a way to enter the
serial number and get the warranty status and create an RMA number of
it is still covered.

Read the page. follow the instructions.


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On May 10, 2:07 pm, Bob Brown INC. <sillyspamm... (AT) bots (DOT) dumb> wrote:

well if u think yr drive not bad u shud check the freespace,or maybe
try disk Defragmenter

an u shud cek your spilchekcer

<mohamed.samsudeen (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

On Thu, 10 May 2007 11:40:51 -0700, lkboop <lkboop (AT) ca (DOT) rr.com> Let
everyone including the NSAs Internet database storage program know as
they typed on their keyboard faster than a monkey on crack the
following:


I'm sorry. Being that I am an assole I couldn't understand that.
The whole screen is fuzzy now. I forgot my name.
thanks for the Help.

On 10 May 2007 17:15:49 -0400, adykes (AT) panix (DOT) com (Al Dykes) Let
everyone including the NSAs Internet database storage program know as
they typed on their keyboard faster than a monkey on crack the
following:


It requires .NET to run. I installed the latest version of .NET from
MS's website.
The seagate diagnostic still wouldn't run.

On Fri, 11 May 2007 00:06:53 GMT, John Doe <jdoe (AT) usenetlove (DOT) invalid>
Let everyone including the NSAs Internet database storage program know
as they typed on their keyboard faster than a monkey on crack the
following:

Already made [2] sets of DVD backups a few days before I started
posting questions.