[frgeek-michiana] Re: Ubunto
- From: Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:52:00 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
I would verify the problem with a bootable cd like:
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ or
http://www.ubcd4win.com/
That will make sure the problem isn't in the upgrade. If you don't find a
problem with the disk you may need to roll back the upgrade. I have heard that
Ubuntu 9.01 has some problems with incorrect counts of disk errors causing
false drive warnings, even with SSD devices. It may be a problem with some
drive manufacturers not following published standards.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
>From: chuq <chuq00@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jan 19, 2010 3:07 PM
>To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Ubunto
>
>Well there sure is a very good alternative but it will cost you a whole
>bunch of money, it is a SSD (Solid State Drive) they are much smaller in
>capacity, faster, and last damn near forever! But look at spending a
>couple hundred dollars on them!!
>Chuq
>
>On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 11:01 -0800, john jones wrote:
>> well i did a test it says theres 232 bad sectors,i havent had it that
>> long so in short its like the old Black Sabbath Paroinid LP 33rpm
>> record that i play over and over and over that eventually gets old
>> warped and scratched,really they need to make a HD that is flawless
>> and guarenteed for life,so ill prob be on the market for a new HD,im
>> not sure how to reformat Ubunto, is really good at deban-ing,i guess
>> ill learn......that or ill toss it through chuqs shop window like the
>> lady in the discount tire commercial, haha just kidding it is startin
>> to move a little faster doesnt know how windows acts since the upgrade
>> havent used windows in days,,,thanks guys:)
>>
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________________
>> From: chuq <chuq00@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Tue, January 19, 2010 1:20:38 PM
>> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Ubunto
>>
>> I dont know about that because Ubuntu 9.10 tends to say that a lot, I
>> mean I have 2 fairly new drives installed and Ubuntu 9.10 reported
>> that
>> same message about both of them.. and that was in 1 system. In another
>> I
>> had it tell me that on the HD in there as well.. So I do not know if
>> it
>> really is the HD's or if it is being overtly picky.
>> We shall see later on once I run my HD utilities on it and see what it
>> says!
>> more to report on that later.. stay tuned!
>>
>> hehe
>> Chuq
>>
>> On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 13:01 -0500, Richard Zimmerman wrote:
>> > Your emails contains your answer...
>> >
>> > <quote>
>> >
>> > only now its telling me that i have bad sectors in my drive and its
>> no
>> > longer fast and efficient and is starting to really suck
>> >
>> > </quote>
>> >
>> > Simply put, you have a hard drive failing. If Ubuntu is taking the
>> time
>> > to tell you, it's already dead.
>> >
>> > Here's what's happening.
>> >
>> > As the drive spins and the heads are reading/writing information,
>> at
>> > some point the metallic material (the shinny stuff on the platter)
>> will
>> > lose it's "organization" on the platter. This is perfectly normal
>> and
>> > happens to all drives over time (time as in thousands of hours). As
>> the
>> > drive ages and is reformatted, the metallic material is reorganized
>> and
>> > can store your data again.
>> >
>> > At some point however, the metallic material will lose it's ability
>> to
>> > "organize" and and then it can no longer store your data.
>> >
>> > So as the heads flies above the platter and it starts hitting these
>> > areas that no longer can store the data, the computer 'stops or
>> stalls'
>> > while the hard drive keeps trying to read the data from the bad
>> spot. If
>> > it CAN get the data reliably, it moves it to a good place and
>> everything
>> > is fine. Sometimes, the area fails so quickly that the drive can
>> not
>> > recover the data and basically sit there 'forever' trying to read
>> the
>> > bad spot.
>> >
>> > Bottom line is, your computer will crawl if not out right crash and
>> quit
>> > working.
>> >
>> > 1) You can retry reformatting the hard drive and reinstall
>> everything.
>> > 2) dban the hard drive, format and reinstall everything - sometimes
>> it
>> > just needs a good kick in the butt
>> > 3) Most often, replace the drive IT IS FAILING
>> >
>> > I've got a drive in an XP machine at home that was dead as a door
>> nail.
>> > Dban and reformatted it, has been running fine for two years now.
>> There
>> > is no 'science' or predictability as to when a drive will fail.
>> > Sometimes, it just happens.
>> >
>> > Richard
>> >
>> >
>> > john jones wrote:
>> > > Recently ive been toying with Ubunto and found it to be a nice
>> > > efficient fast app,well today it said something about about
>> upgrading
>> > > to 9.10 version so I did after 35min it finally finished
>> upgrading,I
>> > > tried to log back in and it wouldnt let me in. After a second time
>> of
>> > > logging it let me in,wasnt no different then the other version I
>> had
>> > > ,only now its telling me that i have bad sectors in my drive and
>> its
>> > > no longer fast and efficient and is starting to really suck,can
>> > > somebody explain to me in elementary terms whats going wrong and
>> what
>> > > i can do to fix it to be fast and efficient the way it used to
>> be????
>> >
>>
>>
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