Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:49:15 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Diagnostic tools for external hard drives? Message-ID: <20050315234915.5a86114d.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20050314220135.C8240@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20050312215400.08a664a7.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20050314220135.C8240@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:03:37 -0800 (PST) Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> wrote: > Firewire enclosures typically just have an ATA-FW bridge, so you may > get better diagnostics and accessibility if you take the disk out of > the FW box and plug it into an ATA channel. I know, but Maxtor support have warned me that I will void my warranty if I do that. You are right, neither firewire nor USB (2.0) connection give any useful smart info. See my other reply in this thread. > >From first glance at the errors I'd say the drive has problems. If > >its > under warranty I'd just replace it :) That is my plan, but I was trying to deduce if it is the drive or the controller (firewire, usb) that is broken. if both interfaces was broken, but the drive itself ok, I could still get the data off it, and that would be useful. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
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