January 23, 201313 yr Left a 1.5TB drive to pre-clear. After more than 24 Hrs, I got this: ========================================================================1.13 == == SORRY: Disk /dev/sdb MBR could NOT be precleared == == out4= 00000 == out5= 00000 ============================================================================ 0+1 records in 0+1 records out 462 bytes (462 B) copied, 3.9387e-05 s, 11.7 MB/s 0000000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 * 0000700 0000 0000 0000 0040 0000 7af0 aea8 0000716 Here's the smart report on it: smartctl -a -d ata /dev/sdh (--) smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 family Device Model: ST31500341AS Serial Number: 9VS4B05Y Firmware Version: CC1H User Capacity: 1,500,301,910,016 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Tue Jan 22 21:07:06 2013 EST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED See vendor-specific Attribute list for marginal Attributes. General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 609) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 255) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x103f) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 118 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 190537888 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 100 100 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 53 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 6 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 078 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 78391482 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 080 080 000 Old_age Always - 18237 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 53 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 094 094 000 Old_age Always - 12885164038 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 277 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 063 045 045 Old_age Always In_the_past 37 (Lifetime Min/Max 25/40) 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 037 055 000 Old_age Always - 37 (0 19 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 053 024 000 Old_age Always - 190537888 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 1 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 139393163609918 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 2446370752 242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 278563327 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. One critical note - I moved this drive from another machine, and it's been running just fine for at least a year. However, when I went to plug in the SATA cable to the back of it, I discovered that the plastic that backs the 5 pins was missing. I wrapped a long twist tie around the SATA plug, then very carefully plugged it in. I gently pulled the ends of the twist tie up, bent them over the top of the drive and taped them down, thus holding the plug in place. I just took a look, and it appears that the plug may have slipped off a bit (maybe the heat loosened the duct tape holding the twist tie down). 1) Anyone see anything wrong in the SMART report indicating the drive is, indeed toast? 2) How the heck could that plastic have broken off? I'm a techie guy, not a ham-fisted mechanic, I pull cables gently... 3) Is there any chance my ghetto fixing has a chance of working? (I did set pre-clear to run for 3 cycles, specifically to stress test the drive with this fix, since I figured it was pretty sketchy to begin with.) I have another 2TB drive pre-clearing right now, so I'm not going to power anything down to check cables just yet, but I'll keep tabs on all suggestions and try them out as soon as it's done. TIA! -FreeMan
January 23, 201313 yr Not really, its a used drive, thats visible... fix the connection and try again. And ofcourse its your party: but I would not trust my data with such a frankenstein-disk ;-)
January 24, 201313 yr Author After a bit of fiddling to test out a different controller, then putting the system back the way it was, it's not even recognizing this drive any more. I believe it's toast. Thanks for listening. Good news is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1193162&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL012213&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL012213-_-EMC-012213-Index-_-Combo-_-Combo1193162-LM2A is on its way! Hard to beat a 2GB WD Green EARX and a HighPoint Rocket 620 for $99 after rebate!!
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