Re: hard drive won't shut off

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Author: Matt Graham
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Subject: Re: hard drive won't shut off
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Mike Bushroe <> wrote:
>> my old desktop system, which has several hardrives of various sizes
>> and ages, has int he last week or two started making on odd sound [...]
>> It is clearly not affecting the drive I am running off of, but I do
>> not know of any tool or system monitor that would help me isolate which
>> drive is going.


/usr/sbin/smartctl -a /dev/sda , repeat for all other disks connected, then
look at the output for anything that looks flaky? It's a place to start at
the very least. It might not give you useful output, but it should already be
installed and shouldn't take that long to run.

From: Stephen <>
> usually there are diagnostic tools provided by the manufacturer of the
> drive, i would investigate those.


While this may work, it'll take longer, and they're usually
manufacturer-specific if not drive-model specific. Also, you'll have to
reboot, which is annoying. Try smartctl first, go for manufacturer diags if
smartctl reports stuff in failure/prefailure on a disk.

> and in a fit of paranoia make a backup of all data i care about.


Having recent backups isn't paranoia, it's a perfectly logical and valid
response to the Universe being out to stomp on all the stuff you really care
about! :-)

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