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danizmax
Aug 05, 2013Aspirant
What does SMART ATA error mean exactly?
Hi, so NAS started sending me mails about one of my HDs failing, at every start. It's a Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 (I got two identical in mirror mode) which is also in compatibility list (http://k...
StephenB
Aug 25, 2013Guru - Experienced User
If you are taking the disk out of service anyway, you can also run the long read and write tests in Seagate's Seatools diagnostic.
If there are more unwritable sectors, the write test should find them reallocate them. It is a destructive test though.
If there are more unwritable sectors, the write test should find them reallocate them. It is a destructive test though.
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