Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of Help

Timestamp:

Oct 12, 2009, 1:25:43 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Gabriele Pohl

Comment:

Refer to bad block HOWTO

Help

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 If you are worried about your disks {{{Health}}} state, because {{{smartctl}}} gave 
 critical warnings or reported strange attribute values:
-Have a look at the [wiki:FAQ FAQ page] and consult the following section 
-on how to read smartctl reports.
+Have a look at the [wiki:FAQ FAQ page] and consult the 
+[#Howtoreadsmartctlreports section on how to read smartctl reports].
+
+If the drive fails a self-test, but still has '{{{PASSED}}}' SMART health status, 
+this usually means that there is a corrupted (uncorrectable=UNC) sector on the disk.
+See [http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/badblockhowto.html Bad block HOWTO] for 
+instructions about how to force this sector to reallocate (Linux only).
 
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