Have a laptop on which the hard drive self-test will complete and pass the short
version of the self-test BUT when I try to run the extended version it gets to 10%
done and just "seems" to stop (will not progress any further no matter how long
I let it run). What does this mean ?
More details if needed.
Thanks.
Hard drive will not complete extended version of self-test
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Hard drive will not complete extended version of self-test
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Mint 21.3 Mate.
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Re: Hard drive will not complete extended version of self-test
Is this the same laptop that failed Memtest and you wiped the drive subsequent to Memtest failures?
Re: Hard drive will not complete extended version of self-test
Yes, one and the same.
Thanks.
Mint 21.3 Mate.
SERVICE > competition
SERVICE > competition
Re: Hard drive will not complete extended version of self-test
Check the log with command dmesg from Terminal, and see if there are any errors at the point where the long test fails at 10%.
Probably not a good idea to have wiped the disk with problem memory, i.e. disk writes happen from memory.
Probably not a good idea to have wiped the disk with problem memory, i.e. disk writes happen from memory.
Re: Hard drive will not complete extended version of self-test
How would wiping the hard drive make any difference in the testing of memory modules ?
I can possibly see your point but how does this explain the memory testing OK subsequently ?
Actually, I just tried the self-test again and this time it did go beyond the 10% mark. I am thinking
that this drive is just so old that it is EXTREMELY slow.
Thanks.
Mint 21.3 Mate.
SERVICE > competition
SERVICE > competition
Re: Hard drive will not complete extended version of self-test
My concern was the possibility of drive corruption from potentially bad memory, not that the drive was the cause of the memory errors.
I would check the dmesg log for errors. That might help nail-down any hardware problems with the system.
I would check the dmesg log for errors. That might help nail-down any hardware problems with the system.