Re: Dimension 4700 needs hard drive - HELP!!


"Fred Mau" <fred-dot-mau@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A few days ago I learned about Event Viewer. Before that I never knew
it existed. I looked at the System messages and there were disk errors
- bad block errors

I did some research, ran hard drive tests and contacted Dell and they
tell me I need a new hard drive....

...What are the chances of things remaining as they are? That is, what
if
I don't change the hard drive?

I have had absolutely no problems with the system at all and am tempted
to just let things go since the work to restore will be the same if I
do it now or wait until something goes wrong.

Jane


What hard disk tests did you run? Did any of the tests check the S.M.A.R.T
log of the hard disk? I wouldn't rely ONLY on the event viewer. I also
wouldn't worry about a FEW bad blocks, The system can map around them and
move on. (Of course, I go back to the Stone Age of computing - About 5
B.D.
- when ALL disks had SOME bad sectors even when new)

There are only 2 reasons I would replace a hard disk:

1) Noisy bearings. When a drive starts sounding like a jet engine winding
up, it's time to go.

2) A S.M.A.R.T message indicating "imminent failure" or words to that
effect. As I understand it, this message is triggered by the rate at which
the bad sectors are increasing, not necessarily the raw number of bad
sectors.


- FM -



Absolutely and completely disagree. Hard drives are cheap (free in this
case) and bad blocks are a sign of impending doom. Today? Maybe not, but
soon.

Tom


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