harddrive failing? how to test it?

Tue Aug 24 20:19:23 CDT 2004

On Tuesday 24 August 2004 12:42 pm, Brian Densmore wrote:

> 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.

More likely, putting in a HD fan or somehow arranging better cooling when the 
drive was originally installed might have helped.  At this point I would be 
sure that there was nothing on that drive that wasn't easy to reconstruct or 
replace.