Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 06:24:56 -0400 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: please recommend a disk-exercising program? Message-ID: <20090607062456.1c6e8569@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <abc784790906070243t419d8ebbp59a68af23e902004@mail.gmail.com> References: <abc784790906070243t419d8ebbp59a68af23e902004@mail.gmail.com>
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--Sig_/oDvGJi05KodtHsHWnf=UNUO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 7 Jun 2009 10:43:40 +0100 "John ." <comp.john@googlemail.com> wrote: >Hello list, > >Can anyone please recommend to me a program that will stress-test a >disk? If it matters, two are connected by firewire, another via usb. >Filesystem is ufs. I think I have a disk that might be about to fail, >but it only sometimes errors when under stress. I need to see if it >was a fluke or to really make it fail, so that I can get rid of it. > >thanks The best one I know of is SpinRite <http://grc.com>. I have actually used it to rebuild disks that I was told by professional technicians were beyond hope. Of course, it is not free, so you might not be interested. One feature I like about it is that it creates its own start-up disk. It is totally system independent. --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com Absence makes the heart forget. --Sig_/oDvGJi05KodtHsHWnf=UNUO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkorlYIACgkQBvaKIJWWCO3IVQCdF9dpXdcw7MQgHogcrreFIzOK SFwAn32hiMK1l2FRCk5MGUm3Y725FKXE =St+a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/oDvGJi05KodtHsHWnf=UNUO--
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