I would have to agree here. Uncorrectable sectors is highly indicative of a drive failing. It could also be heat related as Chris says. Putting in a HD fan might help. Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Bier > > hanasaki wrote: > | Any idea how to test a harddrive? I have only Linux. No MS > | > | The below info is really concerning! I have never seen > this drive go > | over 32C. > | > | > | Aug 23 11:51:02 server smartd[14738]: > | Device: /dev/hda, SMART Usage Attribute: > | 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 145 to 139 > | Aug 23 12:21:02 server smartd[14738]: > | Device: /dev/hda, 7 Offline uncorrectable sectors > > > You're on the right track. Since it's obvious that your > drive has SMART > already, you can use smarttools to get more information out of it. It > looks like it might be over heating or unable to correct > sectors. These > are usually an indicator of a dying drive. Linux Journal had a good > article on SMART about a year ago. > > This should give you quite a lot of information. > smartctl -a /dev/hd? > >