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Diagnosing and Erasing Hard Drives

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Ubuntu - POH/POC Check
  • While high hours are not an indication of failure, the odds of a failure are much higher.

  • GSmartControl can be used in Ubuntu if you cannot read the output from Disks.

  • Boot your system into a live Ubuntu session. Locate the Disks application and select the suspicious hard drive.

  • From the drop-down menu, select SMART Data and Self Tests. This will pull up the SMART data.

  • Locate the following SMART attributes: Power On Hours and Power Cycle Count.

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