[TriLUG] hard drive error/meltdown imminent

[Tanner Lovelace]

Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> No, fsck cannot fix hardware problems.  The drive is dead or near-dead,
> you need to replace it.  It may very well be under warranty, however, so
> you should be able to get a replacement from Western Digital.  Go to
> their web site and type in the serial number, and you can see the
> warranty status.  Many hard drive warranties are 3 years.

One other suggestion about the drive.  It may not be near death yet.
I've seen this sort of thing happen when a system didn't quite have
a powerful enough power supply.  If you have a lot of drives in
your system and just a generic power supply, you might check into
that.

Cheers,
Tanner
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