Recent content by PH111

Thank Ezra - Have uninstalled BootHDR. And thanks for the link.

Thanks Black Hole that was really helpful

Thanks Ezra It is a HDR Fox 2. I will try windows explorer, but if I can't manage that came you give me a link to how to ftp (as I haven't done that in many years. I will be connecting the 2Tb drive to the PC Thanks so much for your prompt answer

Basic backup Question I would like to backup my files. I have installed the following… BootHDR auto-unprotect ntfs-3g samba I’ve bought a Seagate 2TB Expansion Drive [STBV2000200] - (should I reformat this to NTFS) Can I use Windows explorer to just copy the My Video folder to the 2TB...

This was the third go I had difficulties running this, but for this one I waited long after the 4 hours it said it would take. User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB] Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA...

It did get hot - and so I looked for a result after 2 hours (120 min) I got the following Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Pipeline HD 5900.2 Device Model: ST31000424CS Serial...

Have been out all day - so will run code now - and see how long it is before it finds an error Edit ran smartctl -t long /dev/sda (in maitenance mode) it said 234 min - will it tell me when it has finished and I can run smartctl -a /dev/sda

Hi prpr Thanks for the suggestion Just took a look at doing a long test, and that told me it would be 234 minutes So will have a go at that when I have longer available

smartctl -A /dev/sda now? Result === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === 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...

Ran Badblocks - humax# badblocks -v /dev/sda 1000 0 Result Humax HDR-Fox T2 (humax) 1.02.32/2.18 To return to the menu, type: exit humax# badblocks -v /dev/sda 1000 0 Checking blocks 0 to 1000 Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): 0 0.00% done, 0:08 elapsed 1 0.10% done, 0:24...

xyz321 just seen your new post - will do that in the morning - thanks

Ran the following tests... humax# hdparm --read-sector 0 /dev/sda /dev/sda: reading sector 0: succeeded 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000...

Thanks Ran hdparm --repair-sector 6 --yes-i-know-what-i-am-doing /dev/sda Result humax# hdparm --repair-sector 6 --yes-i-know-what-i-am-doing /dev/sda /dev/sda: re-writing sector 6: succeeded Then ran fdisk -lu /dev/sda Result humax# fdisk -lu /dev/sda fdisk: can't open...

Hi ran the 1st test - asked me to wait 1min - so waited 2 Then the second test gave the following humax# smartctl -t short /dev/sda smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [7405b0-smp-linux-2.6.18-7.1] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net ===...

Thanks prpr & xyz321 - I shall run that code in the morning as wife just wants to watch telly tonight. I really appreciate this help