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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...
Well, the error you are highlighting tends to confirm your case that the drive is bad, and not the ReadyNAS. I can't see the SMART stats in your screen shot - I don't believe seatools shows them.
There are several tools that do - including acronis drive monitor, which is freeware.
If you want to delete all the data, then the write-zeros advanced test in seatools is a good way. Choose advanced tests from the basic test window, then hit f8 to enable them.
Then the advanced tests menu will show up, with "full erase" being one of the tests. That will zero every sector of the drive (which is what I suggested above anyway). I have found that if the drive is marginal, the "full erase" often fails (making seagate happy on the warranty stuff).
If seatools still passes, you can use test code 659DC7AE in the RMA - see http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/supp ... codes.html I have returned drives using that code w/o problems.
There are several tools that do - including acronis drive monitor, which is freeware.
If you want to delete all the data, then the write-zeros advanced test in seatools is a good way. Choose advanced tests from the basic test window, then hit f8 to enable them.
Then the advanced tests menu will show up, with "full erase" being one of the tests. That will zero every sector of the drive (which is what I suggested above anyway). I have found that if the drive is marginal, the "full erase" often fails (making seagate happy on the warranty stuff).
If seatools still passes, you can use test code 659DC7AE in the RMA - see http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/supp ... codes.html I have returned drives using that code w/o problems.
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