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Bad sectors reported but not found
I have a ReadyNAS NV which has been faithful and terrific for years. I have even upgraded the original disks to Seagate 1TB drives and they have run more or less without fail. Recently ReadyNAS has be...
This has been happening for a while now. I was out of town last week but the log shows On 3/15 a reallocated sector count of 43. 3/17=45, 3/23=53, 3/24=57 and 3/26=63 so definitely increasing. I also finally saw on Smart errors the reallocated sector counts which is of course 63. So I guess my question remains if there is a definitive way to test for bad sectors or if this is a connector issue. This is a relatively old device that is always on in a small/home office setup. I've never been able to find any sort of diagnostic tools other than a volume scan.
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