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Subject: Re: Disk errors
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On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:31:58 -0400, Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com>
Subject: Disk errors
Wrote these words of wisdom:

> I am getting one or two of these a day on a Western Digital 80GB disk
> How concerned should I be?  The machine seems reliable otherwise.
>=20
> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=3D610922=
55
> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=3D613143=
67
> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=3D713961=
5

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On 9/30/2005 4:43:22 PM, Gerard Seibert Replied:

I am not sure what free disk diagnostic programs are available, but I
have used Steve Gibson's 'SpinRite' < http://grc.com > with great
success in the past. If there is something wrong with the disk or
controller, it will find it. Just run it at the highest level, level 5
I believe.


--=20
Gerard Seibert
gerard@seibercom.net