Sector unreadabe error

Hi chaps, I am having a real problem here and really don't know what more I can do I have a video ts folder built in DVDSP, I've tried several versions of Toast I've tried burning to my iMac internal ... drive and an external Sony writer, three different types of media, I've repaired permissions, deleted the Finder.plist ... and am still getting sector unreadable (I think different sectors each attempt eg 245504 / 228480 / 300320), I now have a big collection of coasters ... anything else I can try ? Just to add some more info in the hope that it helps someone help me, the video ts folder comes from DVD studio pro, I have a big dvd project and have just used dvdsp's "build" button, in case that was corrupt I've re-built it but still get the verification error, I have also tried creating the dvd on another mac with Toast 8 on it but still get the error, I really don't know what to do, I'm beginning to think that there is something wrong with the video ts folder that dvdsp created but as far as I can tell if I open up that folder in the mac's dvd player it all looks Ok - sorry this is such a long post and I realise it seems like a Toast question but I think It's something I've done in DVDSP ... regards Roger

Hi Nick, I have tried a verbatim and two others (from spindles that I've thrown the labels away) ... Thanks for taking the time Roger

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T60p Hard Drive Errors in Diagnostics Test

I recently started having problems with my internal hard drive. It is just over 1 year old, a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 320GB 5400rpm, 8MB cache.. While trying to extract a few zips, I started getting an I/O Device Error message. I ran a CHKDSK and fixed all the bad sectors. However, even after running the checkdisk, I am still getting errors in the ThinkVantage Diagnostic Tool.
I have a T60p, model 8743-CTO. Running Windows 7 with 2x1GB RAM.
Here are the hard drive errors I found with the diagnostics tool.
FAILED: Targeted Read Test - Error Code WHD20-P5V
Error while reading sector 6033483899
FAILED: Surface Scan Test - 2: Error Code WHD08-HMV
There were over 10 sectors with errors
Is my hard drive really failing? Like I said, its a WD Scorpio Blue that I bought just over a year ago, I think they should last longer than a year.
Any thoughts?

Hello,
Sometimes hard disk drives fail prematurely.
Just to verify the issue is with the hard disk drive, you might want to remove it from the ThinkPad and connect it to another computer. The data and power connectors are standard, so this should not be a problem, as long as there is another computer with available connectors. From there, you can check the drive further, as well as back up any valuable data which might be on the hard disk drive.
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Toshiba DT01ACA050 too many bad sectors on first 5 months

Hi Good day,
I bought a toshiba internal drive 500gb(sealed) from my friend but after weird behavior on my pc I found out that it has too many bad sectors detected by HD tune pro and HDsentinel. He insisted that the drive is in good condition because it was
sealed thus he don't cover it for personal warranty and further instructed that I must be the one to RMA it but dont know how I live in the Philippines and don't have experience rma'ing a hard drive yet. Also it's weird coz it shows a different product model (Hitachi) instead of Toshiba DT model as seen on my hard drive cover.
Win7 32bit
foxconn h55
core - i3
tru rated power supply 500w
other hdd wd 500gb
*Additional info
Hard Disk Summary
Hard Disk Number,0
Interface,"S-ATA Gen3, 6 Gbps"
Disk Controller,"Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (ATA) [VEN: 8086, DEV: 3B20]"
Disk Location,"Channel 1, Target 0, Lun 0, Device: 0"
Hard Disk Model ID,Hitachi HDS721050DLE630
Firmware Revision,MS1OA650
Hard Disk Serial Number,MSK423Y20Y68LC
Total Size,476937 MB
Power State,Active
Logical Drive(s)
Logical Drive,H: [MUSIC-MOVIES-BACKUP]
Logical Drive,H: [MUSIC-MOVIES-BACKUP]
ATA Information
Hard Disk Cylinders,969021
Hard Disk Heads,16
Hard Disk Sectors,63
ATA Revision,ATA8-ACS version 4
Transport Version,SATA Rev 2.6
Total Sectors,122096646
Bytes Per Sector,4096 [Advanced Format]
Buffer Size,23652 KB
Multiple Sectors,16
Error Correction Bytes,56
Unformatted Capacity,476940 MB
Maximum PIO Mode,4
Maximum Multiword DMA Mode,2
Maximum UDMA Mode,6 Gbps (6)
Active UDMA Mode,6 Gbps (5)
Minimum multiword DMA Transfer Time,120 ns
Recommended Multiword DMA Transfer Time,120 ns
Minimum PIO Transfer Time Without IORDY,120 ns
Minimum PIO Transfer Time With IORDY,120 ns
ATA Control Byte,Valid
ATA Checksum Value,Valid
Acoustic Management Configuration
Acoustic Management,Not supported
Acoustic Management,Disabled
Current Acoustic Level,Default (00h)
Recommended Acoustic Level,Default (00h)
ATA Features
Read Ahead Buffer,"Supported, Enabled"
DMA,Supported
Ultra DMA,Supported
S.M.A.R.T.,Supported
Power Management,Supported
Write Cache,Supported
Host Protected Area,Supported
Advanced Power Management,"Supported, Disabled"
Extended Power Management,"Supported, Enabled"
Power Up In Standby,Supported
48-bit LBA Addressing,Supported
Device Configuration Overlay,Supported
IORDY Support,Supported
Read/Write DMA Queue,Not supported
NOP Command,Supported
Trusted Computing,Not supported
64-bit World Wide ID,0050A3CCCD7F5346
Streaming,Supported
Media Card Pass Through,Not supported
General Purpose Logging,Supported
Error Logging,Supported
CFA Feature Set,Not supported
CFast Device,Not supported
Long Physical Sectors (8),Supported
Long Logical Sectors,Not supported
Write-Read-Verify,Not supported
NV Cache Feature,Not supported
NV Cache Power Mode,Not supported
NV Cache Size,Not supported
Free-fall Control,Not supported
Free-fall Control Sensitivity,Not supported
Nominal Media Rotation Rate,7200 RPM
SSD Features
Data Set Management,Not supported
TRIM Command,Not supported
Deterministic Read After TRIM,Not supported
S.M.A.R.T. Details
Off-line Data Collection Status,Successfully Completed
Self Test Execution Status,Successfully Completed
Total Time To Complete Off-line Data Collection,4444 seconds
Execute Off-line Immediate,Supported
Abort/restart Off-line By Host,Not supported
Off-line Read Scanning,Supported
Short Self-test,Supported
Extended Self-test,Supported
Conveyance Self-test,Not supported
Selective Self-Test,Supported
Save Data Before/After Power Saving Mode,Supported
Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave,Supported
Error Logging Capability,Supported
Short Self-test Estimated Time,1 minutes
Extended Self-test Estimated Time,74 minutes
Last Short Self-test Result,Never Started
Last Short Self-test Date,Never Started
Last Extended Self-test Result,Never Started
Last Extended Self-test Date,Never Started
Security Mode
Security Mode,Supported
Security Erase,Supported
Security Erase Time,98 minutes
Security Enhanced Erase Feature,Not supported
Security Enhanced Erase Time,Not supported
Security Enabled,No
Security Locked,No
Security Frozen,Yes
Security Counter Expired,No
Security Level,High
Serial ATA Features
S-ATA Compliance,Yes
S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps),Supported
S-ATA II Signaling Speed (3 Gps),Supported
S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps),Supported
Receipt Of Power Management Requests From Host,Supported
PHY Event Counters,Supported
Non-Zero Buffer Offsets In DMA Setup FIS,"Supported, Disabled"
DMA Setup Auto-Activate Optimization,"Supported, Disabled"
Device Initiating Interface Power Management,"Supported, Disabled"
In-Order Data Delivery,"Supported, Disabled"
Asynchronous Notification,Not supported
Software Settings Preservation,"Supported, Enabled"
Native Command Queuing (NCQ),Supported
Queue Length,32
Disk Information
Disk Family,Deskstar 7K1000.D
Form Factor,"3.5"" "
Capacity,"500 GB (500 x 1,000,000,000 bytes)"
Number Of Disks,1
Number Of Heads,1
Rotational Speed,7200 RPM
Rotation Time,8.33 ms
Average Rotational Latency,4.17 ms
Disk Interface,Serial-ATA/600
Buffer-Host Max. Rate,600 MB/seconds
Buffer Size,32768 KB
Drive Ready Time (typical),? seconds
Average Seek Time,? ms
Track To Track Seek Time,? ms
Full Stroke Seek Time,? ms
Width,101.6 mm (4.0 inch)
Depth,147.0 mm (5.8 inch)
Height,26.1 mm (1.0 inch)
Weight,450 grams (1.0 pounds)
Required power for spinup,"3,300 mA"
Power required (seek),7.0 W
Power required (idle),5.0 W
Power required (standby),2.0 W
Manufacturer,Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Manufacturer Website,http://www.hgst.com

Hi! Sense no one is replying. If your getting bad sectors; it's time to save your data and replace your HD. It's only a matter of time before your HD fails.
Dokie!!
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Disk Read Errors

Sometimes I get disk boot sector read errors (only during startup) on my Vista / G60-445DX Notebook. It still loads windows (although it takes almost 9 minutes to get to the login screen), and generally works OK after completing the login.
Would an upgrade to Windows7 reposition the location of the boot files, such that I could get a bit more life out of the PC as a backup/spare?

Hi,
11 hours is certainly way too long, but if the set creates successfully, you could try using an application such as Killdisk to wipe the entire HDD - highlight (80h), press f10 and enter a confirmation - ( writing to a bad sector should force it to be re-allocated ) and then use the Recovery Media to reinstall Vista.
If the set of Recovery Discs doesn't create, another option if you have ( or can borrow ) a 'retail' Vista 64bit installation disc, skip this first section and proceed with the Command Prompt entries from the Repair Menu described later.
If you don't have access to a retail Vista disc, follow the guide below.
Using another PC create your own 'retail Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit installation disc - the download and the method for creating the disc can be found on the following link under the sub-heading 'Create your own bootable Vista ISO image'.
http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/57-windows-vista-direct-download-links#
When you've created the installation disc ( or if you already have one ), tap away at the esc key as you start the notebook to enter the Start-up Menu. Insert the Vista disc. Select Boot options ( usually f9 ), use the arrow keys to select the CD/DVD drive and hit enter. You may also get a prompt to 'Press any key to continue' - do this if asked.
When loaded, select Repair Your Computer and choose the Command Prompt. When this loads, enter the following commands and hit enter after each one - include spaces as shown.
Bootrec.exe
bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
c:
cd boot
attrib bcd -s -h -r
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
bootrec /RebuildBcd
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
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S.M.A.R.T. errors on my new MBP

Hello guys,
I have installed "SMART Utility" (http://www.volitans-software.com/SMART_Utility.html) on my brand new MacBook Pro to check the health of its hard drive.
Obviously, I thought that it would be perfect but... the tool allows to read an Error Log stored into the drive, and 4 errors have happened already! Here is the content of the Error Log:
Number - Time Occured - Error - Prior Command
4 - 81 hours - Uncorrectable Error - READ DMA EXT
3 - 81 hours - Uncorrectable Error - READ DMA EXT
2 - 81 hours - Uncorrectable Error - READ DMA EXT
1 - 81 hours - Uncorrectable Error - READ DMA EXT
However, the overall status of the drive is "PASSED", there is no bad sector, CRC error, etc.
Could someone install the tool on his Mac then tell me if errors are found into the Error Log? I just want to get the confirmation that it's normal to get such errors... Thanks!!
Eventually, if you know how to clear the internal Error Log of a drive...

The third-party SMART utilities may check for unsupported data. Manufacturers can support none, some, or all of the SMART data checks depending on their data research information. Most new drives support some sub-set but not all. The reported errors may not be true errors but simply the result of checking for information the drive doesn't support.
The only definitive answer is to have the computer diagnosed at an Apple service center to determine if the drive is OK. You can also run the hardware test suite to see if any errors are reported:
Insert the OS X Installer Disc One that came with the computer into the optical drive and restart. After the chime press and hold down the "D" key until the diagnostic screen appears. Run the extended diagnostics several times over at least an hour. If any errors are reported note down the error code and message reported. If your computer is still in warranty call AppleCare to report your findings and arrange for a solution.

Is S.M.A.R.T. information (lifetime etc) resetable?

I just got a supposedly new HDD, which shows the following when I run smartctl -x on it:
SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 33693 -
# 3 Short offline Completed without error 00% 33604 -
# 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 26564 -
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 25516 -
# 6 Short offline Completed without error 00% 443 -
# 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
This sure looks like the HDD was in use, and quite long at that, but then got it's lifetime counter somehow reset.
The rest of the smartctl log looks fine, no errors, no reallocated sectors... but seeing how the lifetime counter was seemingly reset - can I trust that information at all?
Full log below:
smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86_64-w64-mingw32-win8.1] (sf-6.2-1)
Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000
Device Model: Hitachi HUA722020ALA331
Serial Number: YBKHEW6F
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 221f14c2c
Firmware Version: JKAOA3FD
User Capacity: 2.000.398.934.016 bytes [2,00 TB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is: SATA 2.6, 3.0 Gb/s
Local Time is: Fri Jan 30 14:32:08 2015 WEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is: Unavailable
APM feature is: Disabled
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is: Enabled
ATA Security is: Disabled, frozen [SEC2]
Wt Cache Reorder: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x80) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: (22036) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 367) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAGS VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate PO-R-- 100 100 016 - 0
2 Throughput_Performance P-S--- 100 100 054 - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time POS--- 100 100 024 - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count -O--C- 100 100 000 - 1
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct PO--CK 100 100 005 - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate PO-R-- 100 100 067 - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance P-S--- 100 100 020 - 0
9 Power_On_Hours -O--C- 100 100 000 - 0
10 Spin_Retry_Count PO--C- 100 100 060 - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count -O--CK 100 100 000 - 1
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count -O--CK 100 100 000 - 1
193 Load_Cycle_Count -O--C- 100 100 000 - 1
194 Temperature_Celsius -O---- 214 214 000 - 28 (Min/Max 10/31)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector -O---K 100 100 000 - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable ---R-- 100 100 000 - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count -O-R-- 200 200 000 - 0
||||||_ K auto-keep
|||||__ C event count
||||___ R error rate
|||____ S speed/performance
||_____ O updated online
|______ P prefailure warning
General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address Access R/W Size Description
0x00 GPL,SL R/O 1 Log Directory
0x01 SL R/O 1 Summary SMART error log
0x03 GPL R/O 1 Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x04 GPL R/O 7 Device Statistics log
0x06 SL R/O 1 SMART self-test log
0x07 GPL R/O 1 Extended self-test log
0x09 SL R/W 1 Selective self-test log
0x10 GPL R/O 1 NCQ Command Error log
0x11 GPL R/O 1 SATA Phy Event Counters
0x20 GPL R/O 1 Streaming performance log [OBS-8]
0x21 GPL R/O 1 Write stream error log
0x22 GPL R/O 1 Read stream error log
0x24 GPL R/O 63 Current Device Internal Status Data log
0x80 GPL R/W 63 Host vendor specific log
0x81-0x9f GPL,SL R/W 16 Host vendor specific log
0xe0 GPL,SL R/W 1 SCT Command/Status
0xe1 GPL,SL R/W 1 SCT Data Transfer
SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 0 (1 sectors)
No Errors Logged
SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 33693 -
# 3 Short offline Completed without error 00% 33604 -
# 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 26564 -
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 25516 -
# 6 Short offline Completed without error 00% 443 -
# 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
SCT Status Version: 3
SCT Version (vendor specific): 256 (0x0100)
SCT Support Level: 1
Device State: Active (0)
Current Temperature: 28 Celsius
Power Cycle Min/Max Temperature: 10/28 Celsius
Lifetime Min/Max Temperature: 10/31 Celsius
Under/Over Temperature Limit Count: 0/0
SCT Temperature History Version: 2
Temperature Sampling Period: 1 minute
Temperature Logging Interval: 1 minute
Min/Max recommended Temperature: 0/60 Celsius
Min/Max Temperature Limit: -40/70 Celsius
Temperature History Size (Index): 128 (22)
Index Estimated Time Temperature Celsius
23 2015-01-30 12:25 29 **********
24 2015-01-30 12:26 29 **********
25 2015-01-30 12:27 30 ***********
... ..( 52 skipped). .. ***********
78 2015-01-30 13:20 30 ***********
79 2015-01-30 13:21 31 ************
... ..( 33 skipped). .. ************
113 2015-01-30 13:55 31 ************
114 2015-01-30 13:56 30 ***********
115 2015-01-30 13:57 30 ***********
116 2015-01-30 13:58 31 ************
117 2015-01-30 13:59 31 ************
118 2015-01-30 14:00 30 ***********
119 2015-01-30 14:01 31 ************
... ..( 8 skipped). .. ************
0 2015-01-30 14:10 31 ************
1 2015-01-30 14:11 ? -
2 2015-01-30 14:12 31 ************
... ..( 3 skipped). .. ************
6 2015-01-30 14:16 31 ************
7 2015-01-30 14:17 ? -
8 2015-01-30 14:18 11 -
9 2015-01-30 14:19 14 -
10 2015-01-30 14:20 15 -
11 2015-01-30 14:21 17 -
12 2015-01-30 14:22 18 -
13 2015-01-30 14:23 19 -
14 2015-01-30 14:24 20 *
15 2015-01-30 14:25 22 ***
16 2015-01-30 14:26 23 ****
17 2015-01-30 14:27 24 *****
18 2015-01-30 14:28 24 *****
19 2015-01-30 14:29 25 ******
20 2015-01-30 14:30 26 *******
21 2015-01-30 14:31 27 ********
22 2015-01-30 14:32 28 *********
SCT Error Recovery Control:
Read: Disabled
Write: Disabled
Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page Offset Size Value Description
1 ===== = = == General Statistics (rev 1) ==
1 0x008 4 1 Lifetime Power-On Resets
1 0x010 4 0 Power-on Hours
1 0x018 6 0 Logical Sectors Written
1 0x020 6 0 Number of Write Commands
1 0x028 6 1254388 Logical Sectors Read
1 0x030 6 12 Number of Read Commands
3 ===== = = == Rotating Media Statistics (rev 1) ==
3 0x008 4 0 Spindle Motor Power-on Hours
3 0x010 4 0 Head Flying Hours
3 0x018 4 1 Head Load Events
3 0x020 4 0 Number of Reallocated Logical Sectors
3 0x028 4 0 Read Recovery Attempts
3 0x030 4 0 Number of Mechanical Start Failures
4 ===== = = == General Errors Statistics (rev 1) ==
4 0x008 4 0 Number of Reported Uncorrectable Errors
4 0x010 4 1 Resets Between Cmd Acceptance and Completion
5 ===== = = == Temperature Statistics (rev 1) ==
5 0x008 1 28 Current Temperature
5 0x010 1 -~ Average Short Term Temperature
5 0x018 1 -~ Average Long Term Temperature
5 0x020 1 31 Highest Temperature
5 0x028 1 10 Lowest Temperature
5 0x030 1 -~ Highest Average Short Term Temperature
5 0x038 1 -~ Lowest Average Short Term Temperature
5 0x040 1 -~ Highest Average Long Term Temperature
5 0x048 1 -~ Lowest Average Long Term Temperature
5 0x050 4 0 Time in Over-Temperature
5 0x058 1 60 Specified Maximum Operating Temperature
5 0x060 4 0 Time in Under-Temperature
5 0x068 1 0 Specified Minimum Operating Temperature
6 ===== = = == Transport Statistics (rev 1) ==
6 0x008 4 4 Number of Hardware Resets
6 0x010 4 0 Number of ASR Events
6 0x018 4 0 Number of Interface CRC Errors
|_ ~ normalized value
SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID Size Value Description
0x0001 2 0 Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0002 2 0 R_ERR response for data FIS
0x0005 2 0 R_ERR response for non-data FIS
0x0009 2 0 Transition from drive PhyRdy to drive PhyNRdy
0x000a 2 0 Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x000b 2 0 CRC errors within host-to-device FIS
0x000d 2 0 Non-CRC errors within host-to-device FIS

Well, should I return it? Any experience about what the lifetime of an enterprise HDD is?
The long surface scan (using seatools) didn't cause any SMART errors:
smartctl 6.3 2014-07-26 r3976 [x86_64-w64-mingw32-win8.1] (sf-6.3-1)
Copyright (C) 2002-14, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000
Device Model: Hitachi HUA722020ALA331
Serial Number: YBKHEW6F
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 221f14c2c
Firmware Version: JKAOA3FD
User Capacity: 2.000.398.934.016 bytes [2,00 TB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm
Form Factor: 3.5 inches
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is: SATA 2.6, 3.0 Gb/s
Local Time is: Fri Jan 30 21:25:16 2015 WEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is: Unavailable
APM feature is: Disabled
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is: Enabled
ATA Security is: Disabled, frozen [SEC2]
Wt Cache Reorder: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x80) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: (22036) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 367) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAGS VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate PO-R-- 100 100 016 - 0
2 Throughput_Performance P-S--- 100 100 054 - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time POS--- 100 100 024 - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count -O--C- 100 100 000 - 2
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct PO--CK 100 100 005 - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate PO-R-- 100 100 067 - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance P-S--- 100 100 020 - 0
9 Power_On_Hours -O--C- 100 100 000 - 6
10 Spin_Retry_Count PO--C- 100 100 060 - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count -O--CK 100 100 000 - 2
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count -O--CK 100 100 000 - 2
193 Load_Cycle_Count -O--C- 100 100 000 - 2
194 Temperature_Celsius -O---- 130 130 000 - 46 (Min/Max 10/47)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector -O---K 100 100 000 - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable ---R-- 100 100 000 - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count -O-R-- 200 200 000 - 0
||||||_ K auto-keep
|||||__ C event count
||||___ R error rate
|||____ S speed/performance
||_____ O updated online
|______ P prefailure warning
General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address Access R/W Size Description
0x00 GPL,SL R/O 1 Log Directory
0x01 SL R/O 1 Summary SMART error log
0x03 GPL R/O 1 Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x04 GPL R/O 7 Device Statistics log
0x06 SL R/O 1 SMART self-test log
0x07 GPL R/O 1 Extended self-test log
0x09 SL R/W 1 Selective self-test log
0x10 GPL R/O 1 NCQ Command Error log
0x11 GPL R/O 1 SATA Phy Event Counters
0x20 GPL R/O 1 Streaming performance log [OBS-8]
0x21 GPL R/O 1 Write stream error log
0x22 GPL R/O 1 Read stream error log
0x24 GPL R/O 63 Current Device Internal Status Data log
0x80 GPL R/W 63 Host vendor specific log
0x81-0x9f GPL,SL R/W 16 Host vendor specific log
0xe0 GPL,SL R/W 1 SCT Command/Status
0xe1 GPL,SL R/W 1 SCT Data Transfer
SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 0 (1 sectors)
No Errors Logged
SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
# 3 Short offline Completed without error 00% 33693 -
# 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 33604 -
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 26564 -
# 6 Short offline Completed without error 00% 25516 -
# 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 443 -
# 8 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
SCT Status Version: 3
SCT Version (vendor specific): 256 (0x0100)
SCT Support Level: 1
Device State: Active (0)
Current Temperature: 46 Celsius
Power Cycle Min/Max Temperature: 36/47 Celsius
Lifetime Min/Max Temperature: 10/47 Celsius
Under/Over Temperature Limit Count: 0/0
SCT Temperature History Version: 2
Temperature Sampling Period: 1 minute
Temperature Logging Interval: 1 minute
Min/Max recommended Temperature: 0/60 Celsius
Min/Max Temperature Limit: -40/70 Celsius
Temperature History Size (Index): 128 (51)
Index Estimated Time Temperature Celsius
52 2015-01-30 19:18 46 ***************************
... ..( 93 skipped). .. ***************************
18 2015-01-30 20:52 46 ***************************
19 2015-01-30 20:53 45 **************************
... ..( 17 skipped). .. **************************
37 2015-01-30 21:11 45 **************************
38 2015-01-30 21:12 46 ***************************
... ..( 12 skipped). .. ***************************
51 2015-01-30 21:25 46 ***************************
SCT Error Recovery Control:
Read: Disabled
Write: Disabled
Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page Offset Size Value Description
1 ===== = = == General Statistics (rev 1) ==
1 0x008 4 2 Lifetime Power-On Resets
1 0x010 4 7 Power-on Hours
1 0x018 6 0 Logical Sectors Written
1 0x020 6 0 Number of Write Commands
1 0x028 6 4374861383 Logical Sectors Read
1 0x030 6 33771495 Number of Read Commands
3 ===== = = == Rotating Media Statistics (rev 1) ==
3 0x008 4 7 Spindle Motor Power-on Hours
3 0x010 4 7 Head Flying Hours
3 0x018 4 2 Head Load Events
3 0x020 4 0 Number of Reallocated Logical Sectors
3 0x028 4 21 Read Recovery Attempts
3 0x030 4 0 Number of Mechanical Start Failures
4 ===== = = == General Errors Statistics (rev 1) ==
4 0x008 4 0 Number of Reported Uncorrectable Errors
4 0x010 4 2 Resets Between Cmd Acceptance and Completion
5 ===== = = == Temperature Statistics (rev 1) ==
5 0x008 1 45 Current Temperature
5 0x010 1 -~ Average Short Term Temperature
5 0x018 1 -~ Average Long Term Temperature
5 0x020 1 47 Highest Temperature
5 0x028 1 10 Lowest Temperature
5 0x030 1 -~ Highest Average Short Term Temperature
5 0x038 1 -~ Lowest Average Short Term Temperature
5 0x040 1 -~ Highest Average Long Term Temperature
5 0x048 1 -~ Lowest Average Long Term Temperature
5 0x050 4 0 Time in Over-Temperature
5 0x058 1 60 Specified Maximum Operating Temperature
5 0x060 4 0 Time in Under-Temperature
5 0x068 1 0 Specified Minimum Operating Temperature
6 ===== = = == Transport Statistics (rev 1) ==
6 0x008 4 8 Number of Hardware Resets
6 0x010 4 0 Number of ASR Events
6 0x018 4 0 Number of Interface CRC Errors
|_ ~ normalized value
SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID Size Value Description
0x0001 2 0 Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0002 2 0 R_ERR response for data FIS
0x0005 2 0 R_ERR response for non-data FIS
0x0009 2 0 Transition from drive PhyRdy to drive PhyNRdy
0x000a 2 0 Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x000b 2 0 CRC errors within host-to-device FIS
0x000d 2 0 Non-CRC errors within host-to-device FIS
Is that enough to say that the drive is in perfect health (at the moment, at least)?
I've also looked at the drive with a hex editor and it's cleanly zeroed, so they did that part right as well.
I don't think the seller will reply before monday, but I'm kind of interested in what they say.
edit: interesting. Hardware resets count rose from 4 to 8. Can't seem to find what that value means from searching.
Last edited by Soukyuu (2015-01-30 20:34:03)

HP Envy 14 Beats Edition - Windows 7 Boots But Won't Function - Recovery Won't Work

Hello,
I have been trying for two days now to recover this laptop. For some reason it will not fully boot Windows 7. I have tried using F11 recovery, HP Recovery Disks, and a Windows 7 Install Thumb drive. In each case I get past the "Starting Windows 7" screen. With any of the HP versions of recovery listed above I get to a blue screen with a white sunburst at the top. I get a functioning mouse icon (i.e. moving the mouse moves the cursor) however nothing else works. With the WIndows 7 install thumb drive, I get past the language selection screen to "Install Windows 7 Now" screen. If I choose the recover option the text disappears and it permanently hangs, if I choose "Install Windows 7 Now" it changes to "Starting Setup Now" and then hangs at that point.
Clearly the issue appears to be a harddrive read error. I've started pressed Escape and run the diagnostic tests. All show harddrive errors. If I launch into the BIOS and run the Harddrive test there, I get an error saying the drive is Full. If I run Ubuntu's Disk Utility and Self Test, I get "Current Pending Sector Count" errors showing 27 bad sectors.
What I really don't get is that the HP recovery CD hangs at the same place as the harddrive. I'm certain I could format the harddrive with Linux, but then my understanding is that all bets are off with the HP recovery software.
Oddly enough, I can boot the computer from a unetbootin Live Ubuntu installation and it works just fine. I can see the harddrive and have successfully backed up all my data. I can see 4 partitions and their contents (System, NTFS, Recovery, and HP_Tools). Ubuntu works like a champ from the thumb drive (I'm posting this in Firefox from the laptop now).
If it were my laptop I'd install Ubuntu and throw the Windows 7 stuff in the trash. However, it's my wife's and she's not at all keen on using Linux (I tried that once before when Linux was much too immature).
Thanks for any suggestions.
Blessings,
Lee

Solved my own problem.
Booted from Linux-live thumb drive to gain access to drive. Backed up files.
Used Linux Disk Utility to format C: partition.
Used Restore discs I previously made to restore system to factory.
Seems like another case of I was lucky enough to have a sector go bad that contained some very important Windows 7 file so the drive suddenly became unwritable by Windows. Linux could mount and read/write the drive, but Windows refused. Some days I hate computers.
Blessings!

Problem using a Western Digital external drive

All,
I am using Oracle 11.2.0.1 32-bit Windows on Windows Vista Ultimate, in conjunction with McAfee Antivirus Plus.
I have issues using an external Western Digital Elements USB drive, which has the Flash Recovery Area. Please note my Windows Backups to these drive also fail with the same error 'Can't find sector'
The error stack in Oracle is following, but this can also happen during archiving
Spooling started in log file: diskerror.log
Recovery Manager11.2.0.1.0
RMAN>
Starting backup at 09-06-2011
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=81 device type=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting compressed archived log backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying archived log(s) in backup set
input archived log thread=1 sequence=2532 RECID=2694 STAMP=753243442
input archived log thread=1 sequence=2533 RECID=2695 STAMP=753265574
input archived log thread=1 sequence=2534 RECID=2696 STAMP=753286016
input archived log thread=1 sequence=2535 RECID=2697 STAMP=753314521
input archived log thread=1 sequence=2536 RECID=2698 STAMP=753315118
input archived log thread=1 sequence=2537 RECID=2699 STAMP=753327717
input archived log thread=1 sequence=2538 RECID=2700 STAMP=753331024
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 09-06-2011
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on ORA_DISK_1 channel at 06/09/2011 08:31:51
ORA-19504: failed to create file "H:\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ORCL\BACKUPSET\2011_06_09\O1_MF_ANNNN_TAG20110609T083149_%U_.BKP"
ORA-27044: unable to write the header block of file
OSD-04008: WriteFile()-fout. Kan niet naar bestand schrijven.
O/S-Error: (OS 27) Het station kan de aangevraagde sector niet vinden.
I have already disabled Mcafee Antivirus Plus Real life scanning, this didn't work.
I have yet to isolate this doesn't happen on other drives, but I already relocated the FRA, because a different external drive was too slow.
(and archivelog failed because of this)
I tried looking for error 27 on Technet.Microsoft.com but failed.
What should I do, apart from re-formatting the drive using my own laptop (it came pre-formatted)? I downloaded a WD tool to check the drive, and it came up with nothing.
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

Hi Sybrand,
I just wish to please check below:
1.As Aman suggested to deinstall anti-virus program
2.free space on external hard disk
3.Path and Permission issue (if any)
4.May be filesystem of the external drive issue
5.May be issue of filesystem size limit.
5(i).FAT32 is 4GB and NTFS is 16 exabytes. FAT16 (mainly DOS) was 2GB, but some instances supported 4GB. A windows server class machine is almost 100% going to be using NTFS. Same issue on SQL Server with a local account trying to do things on an NFS. Use a domain account/NTFS.
Source:http://dbaforums.org/oracle/lofiversion/index.php?t20108.html
6.ORA-27044: unable to write the header block of file
OSD-04008: WriteFile()-fout. Kan niet naar bestand schrijven.
O/S-Error: (OS 27) Het station kan de aangevraagde sector niet vinden.
I just understood the message of ORA-27044; rest line's messages may be of your country's languages; but i think its all something related to RMAN is not able to write the file.
If you please resolve the issue by your own way/findings, i wish to request to please post the solution too.
Regards
Girish Sharma

How to free up memory in MacBook Pro?

How to free up memory in MacBook Pro? (How to avoid getting the revolving rainbow?)

I compressed some programs and data. I now have 4.56 GB free.
SMART UTILITY http://www.volitans-software.com/smart_utility.php
CAPACITY 80.0 GB
SMART STATUS: YELLOW and "FAILING"
"Removed 29 bad sectors
Total errors 1708
Reallocated 308 bad sectors"
Do I need to buy Smart Utility?
Had 5 simultaneous errors at READ DMA EXT. (I don't know what that means). I don't see all the windows that the web site shows. I guess that is for purchased downloads.
I'd like to reinstate MobileMe's Backup function. Apple says it will work until June so that I could back that up until I get the backup hard drive. I was in the store last week; iCloud will not work on my computer.
Thanks, DOTro

Problem on using Business Object Data Service Designer to copy data to HANA

Expert,
I want to use BODSD (v14) to copy tables from SQL server to HANA, so I create Job, Workflow, dataflow, source tables in SQL server, target tables in HANA and Querys, then execute the job.
All tables have been successfully transferred to HANA expect those with Chinese Characters.
I checked the HANA configuration and even created some Chinese lines into HANA, it is proved that HANA supports Chinese.
So I suspect that I haven't activate UNICODE witin BODSD, but I don't know how.
If anybody could offer any help on this problem, I extremely appreciate. Thank you.
Here is one sector of error messages from BODSD:
18964     17600     DBS-070401     10/26/2011 3:48:30 PM     Dataflow New_DataFlow|TVGAT
18964     17600     DBS-070401     10/26/2011 3:48:30 PM     ODBC data source <HANA_hanabox1> error message for operation <SQLExecute>: <[SAP AG][SDBODBC DLL][HDB] General error;274
18964     17600     DBS-070401     10/26/2011 3:48:30 PM     inserted value too large for column: 定单相关的项目>.
Thank you.

I found the answer by myself. post it here . I was using BODSD to transfer tables from ERP DB to HANA.
The previous error is caused by definitely what the error message means, that the column of HANA table is too short.
18964 17600 DBS-070401   10/26/2011 3:48:30 PM          Dataflow New_DataFlow|TVGAT
18964 17600 DBS-070401   10/26/2011 3:48:30 PM          ODBC data source <HANA_hanabox1> error message for operation <SQLExecute>: <[SAP AG][SDBODBC DLL][HDB] General error;274
18964 17600 DBS-070401   10/26/2011 3:48:30 PM          inserted value too large for column: 定单相关的项目>.
For example, Table u201CTVGATu201D has one column named u201CVRGARXu201D with the type varchar(20), however, there are lines with long Chinese String like u201C定单相关的项目u201D.
SQL Server can automatically append that column to hold these long strings, however HANA cannotu2026 so here is problem.
Now my solution is change the column definition of these HANA tables to longer, varchar(60), then everything is ok.

Help in remote diagnosis this X60! (Overheating, USB boot issues)

I just got it back from (a well respected aftermarket, not Lenovo) service, stress tested but nothing found, a hard disk just died in it with "sector 0" error.
Symptoms, still:
- When uploading to Box.com with Java multiuploader it overheats and - I guess as a protection - shuts down or resets.
- When formatting an encrypted partition - the same.
- When handling a very big Word document in LibeOffice - the same. Though, it opens the same document in MS Word 2007 flawlessly.
Other issues:
- Hiren's Boot [USB] doesn't work when there is no physical hard drive in it. (It works perfectly on another machine.)
- FreeDOS says an "Invalid Opcode [code]"error when starting. (It also works perfectly on another machine.)
Have latest [2.19] BIOS.
What to do with it?

I just got it back from (a well respected aftermarket, not Lenovo) service, stress tested but nothing found, a hard disk just died in it with "sector 0" error.
Symptoms, still:
- When uploading to Box.com with Java multiuploader it overheats and - I guess as a protection - shuts down or resets.
- When formatting an encrypted partition - the same.
- When handling a very big Word document in LibeOffice - the same. Though, it opens the same document in MS Word 2007 flawlessly.
Other issues:
- Hiren's Boot [USB] doesn't work when there is no physical hard drive in it. (It works perfectly on another machine.)
- FreeDOS says an "Invalid Opcode [code]"error when starting. (It also works perfectly on another machine.)
Have latest [2.19] BIOS.
What to do with it?

Install to external drive: good or bad idea

I have an iMac that is currently on 10.5.5. However, it was originally a Tiger install. I performed an update install to 10.5.6 and while it runs, I have stability issues that came with the Tiger -> Leopard update that I know I can eliminate by doing a clean install.
Of course, the problem with a clean install is that the total execution time is very lengthy (from install to last app license re-registered) and my workstation is DOA (or nearly so) until completion. And then, there's always the odd detail I forgot about that I have to research to find the answer.
So, why can't or shouldn't I do the following, or how to make it better?
1) Do a clean install to an external drive (I have a 500 GB USB drive I can use) Leave the internal drive intact until step #4.
2) Install the OS, apps and utilities until it matches my current machine.
3) Once ready, back up the internal drive to the external drive as a DMG. (BTW: there will be another time machine BU on another machine on the network -- so there will be redundancy.)
4) Do a secure 7-pass erase of the internal hard disk (this performs hardware-managed low-level sector checks, turning off sectors that error on read/write)
5) Use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy the external data to the internal boot disk
6) Copy my documents from the backup to the new user folder.
7) Viola! Reinstallation complete but I can access my data at nearly any time (latency depends on current task) if I must (except during #4)
Where's the fly in this ointment?
TIA!

However, is there a way of achieving zero-ing out defective sectors, like SpinRite, <http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm> without my having to remove the hard disk?
AFAIK, SpinRite does not actually "zero out" defective sectors in modern IDE hard drives. To better understand what it does (& in general the link between analog & digital data reading mechanisms in magnetic media), look beyond the brochures & study the “What's Under The Hood” technical note at http://www.grc.com/files/technote.pdf, especially the "Surface Analysis" section beginning on page 9.
SpinRite's makers want you to believe that "weak" sectors are something to be very concerned about, in effect that reputable drive makers design their modern high density drives (ones several generations beyond those using MFM) to regularly rely on these 'defective' sectors to boost capacity, & that only SpinRite's technology will map them out before they cause data loss. This is a dubious idea at best. The techniques used in SpinRite's surface analysis are essentially the same ones modern ATA drives use to monitor for "grown defects" -- except that modern ATA drives contain their own highly capable, purpose-designed proprietary hardware & dedicated operating systems that SpinRite can access only indirectly through clever use of standardized extensions to the ATA command set to do what the drive does anyway.
This is not to say that the product is without merit. It is primarily purposed as a data recovery tool, & for this the extended, low level statistical analysis of the 'raw' analog data from unreliable sectors is a powerful (if not unique to this product) method of data recovery.
There is also some merit to the idea of proactive early detection of unreliable sectors that if used for data storage would eventually require the drive to struggle & perhaps to fail to get 'clean' data from them. (I believe this is what you mean by "zero-ing out defective sectors," just in more technically precise terms.) However, be aware that drives already do this, just with actual data instead of specially designed signals, & in general this is enough to detect sectors that are going bad before the data becomes unrecoverable, at which point the drive moves the data to another sector & maps out the first one to prevent its future use.
In real world terms, these unrecoverable 'hard" errors due to grown defects are very rare in healthy drives, only becoming problematic in drives that are dying, typically because of head crashes, exceeding operating or storage temperature limits, or other traumatic events that affect the magnetic media layer. So something like SpinRite's surface scan is most useful for extending the life of a drive that has already become unreliable or for prescreening drives for gross manufacturing defects. Since the first use makes little economic sense in these days of cheap hard drives & the second use is potentially superfluous because gross defects would likely be quickly detected anyway, users must judge for themselves if using the product for this is worth it.
(The same considerations apply for deciding if or when the frequently seen user advice to 'zero out the drive' as part of preparing it for use accomplishes anything of real worth or not.)
Finally, getting back to the idea of moving the drive to a PC to run SpinRite & why I think it doesn't actually "zero out" defective sectors, I can think of no way it can force the drive to actually map out a sector unless the drive itself determines it should do so. This leaves the alternative of marking the sector in use in the file system's directory structures, which in effect would accomplish the same purpose, but with one important exception: its effectiveness is dependent on the file system remaining in place on the drive. IOW, if a user changed the file system of the volume or changed the partition scheme, the file system metadata marking the sector as in use would be lost, & SpinRite's surface scan would have to be done again after these changes to get it back.
I want to make it clear that I am not certain that this alternative, file system based method of achieving what Spinrite claims it can do is actually how it works, but I can find nothing in the product's documentation that contradicts or conflicts with it, nor am I aware of any standard extension to the ATA command set that would allow SpinRite to directly set the grown defect list. If someone has info that shows I'm wrong, please post it. I have no problem abandoning theories that don't pan out.
Message was edited by: R C-R

Satellite A660 - Broadcom internal wireless adaptor is not working

Hi all,
My first post to this board - I have a new Toshiba Satellite A660 notebook - have only had it for about 4 weeks and it has turned out to be a disaster for me...
FIRST - I spend weeks getting everything on and configured the way I want it - then the hard disk starts to die...
I just got it back from the Toshiba service centre and NOW the wifi has stopped working...
The internal broadcom wireless adaptor is not working - but according to windows and the built in diagnostics it IS working...
HOWEVER - when I try to use wireless with the built in adaptor it can't detect any wireless networks...
I then plug in my backup usb netgear wireless adaptor and I can pick up and connect to both of my home wireless networks...
I am going overseas in a few weeks and need to know that my notebook is going to work/be reliable and not have any more problems - if anyone can help me with this it would be much appreciated.
John.

A further update for you all...
Okay - went back to the Toshiba service centre - the first dead hard disk was replaced by them - but the REAL problem not spotted - it looks like my laptop came out of the Toshiba factory with a faulty motherboard - this in turn has now fried the second hard drive - and now - with a new motherboard and THIRD hard drive it looks like the hardware side of things MIGHT just be solved - but NOW I still have the problem that because the motherboard has been screwed since day one (I only bought this laptop in November 2010) it has basically stuffed/corrupted all of my backups - so now the service centre is charging me 60 dollars to get a set of disks so I can re-image the system myself when I have the chance - and then spend a month putting back all the applications and configuration and data the way I had it after the first few weeks of buying it (at that stage I thought I was good to go and had the perfect new laptop and setup for work...)
So - I'm heading off overseas in a couple of weeks - my 3 year extended warranty from Australia will not be of any use to me where I am going - not covered - but am STILL hopeful that I'll get the rest of the problems sorted - still can't run the toshiba hdd protection software for more than a few days without it dying and having to be reinstalled and the toshiba pc health monitor does not work at all - when I go to install it it doesn't recognize the bios or whatever - and on top of that I'm using third party hard disk monitoring software (because the toshiba stuff doesn't work on this toshiba laptop - but the third party stuff does) - well, anyway - the third party software is telling me the hard disk has reallocated sectors count error - and there is a CAUTION showing all the time - which I guess indicates that there is now a hard drive problem with the third hard disk (?)
Anyway - if ANYONE has had a similar run of bad luck to mine with the A660/O7U - I'd really like to know...
John.

User Role empty - Cannot connect to DB2

Hello,
I'm having trouble with a WLSE 2.13 that we have installed. It doesn't let us access via web to the software; the error that appears when trying to do so is "User role is empty". There also appears a moving banner saying "Database failed to respond correctly" after trying to authenticate the user.
however, when trying t oaccess through SSH, it works OK.
This is what I get with a diag all command:
<<< Executing ALL Diagnostics (except SmartMonTools) >>>
DIAG: IMAGE -- [Mon Oct 9 08:27:07 UTC 2006]
(please wait) ... DONE.
*** PASS: Software image verification passed. ***
DIAG: BIOS -- [Mon Oct 9 08:28:03 UTC 2006]
*** Drive model ST340014A, FwRev does not require BIOS patch. ***
DIAG: DMA -- [Mon Oct 9 08:28:03 UTC 2006]
Checking disk for DMA errors (please wait) ...
*** PASS: NO DMA IO errors found. ***
Checking disk sectors for errors (please wait) ...
*** PASS: NO disk sector errors found. ***
DIAG: DB2CLEAN -- [Mon Oct 9 08:32:48 UTC 2006]
*** PASS: No dump files found. ***
DIAG: DB2VERIFY -- [Mon Oct 9 08:32:48 UTC 2006]
*** FAIL: Cannot connect to DB2. Integrity verification failed. ***
DIAG: SERIALNO -- [Mon Oct 9 08:32:49 UTC 2006]
*** No Serial Number obtained for this appliance. ***
So it looks like the DB is corrupt for some reason. We have executed the initdb but no change in the error has been detected.
This is the result of the show version command:
(C) Copyright 2006 by Cisco Systems Inc.
WLSE 1130 Release 2.13.1FCS Mon Aug 14 12:16:20 UTC 2006
(build number 54)
Device Limit = 2550
Build Version (79) Fri Jan 6 23:20:15 UTC 2006
Uptime: 0 days 0 hours 34 mins
Linux version 2.4.32-8_WLSEsmp ([email protected]) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-113
)) #1 SMP Wed Jan 25 13:16:55 PST 2006
I do think that there may be a sector in the hard drive that is not working (you can see why in the bootlog.txt file that I'm also attaching), but it looks a bit strange that it has only affected the access through the web...
Any ideas?

Hi Fernando,
This might be related to few things:
- file anisnmp.conf corrupted preventing TomCat to start properly (# reset device-snmp would fix it)
- database corrupted and not accessible at all
(... reiniting the db might be the only solution)
- user roles corrupted
(would need to delete the user roles to reconstruct them)
Opening a shell and hit "#show tomcatlog" would give you a more accurate idea.
In case of broken anisnmp.conf, the error message is pretty explicit.
In case of other problems, that would need more investigation by TAC.
Before doing anything, remind to perform backups!
Pierre

Apple Raid 5 Lost?

I have a macpro with a Apple raid card. I have 4 Seagate drives in a raid level 5 config. Randomly last week, the machine came up with a question mark on start up. Upon further investigation, the raid apparently had failed completely and I have lost all of my data? I hope that is not the case. Upon start up with the raid utility admin tool, the card and the drives are online and the only option I see available is to rebuild the raid. 1. Has anyone else had this problem? 2. Is there anything I can do to recover the data/raid?

You haven't provided any useful information at all to go on. Have you read the RAID Utility User Guide? What's the status of the card, the individual drives, and what are the errors and events reported by the utility? Why, exactly, do you say the array has apparently completely failed? If you have two physically dead drives, or more, then for all practical purposes you have lost the data, although a professional data recovery service might have luck reconstructing it.
RAID is not a backup. RAID 5 actually has a rather high chance of total array failure during rebuild after a single disk has failed; not merely due to the likelihood of a 2nd disk failing during rebuild, but the increasing likelihood of parity error or a sector read error occurring during rebuild.
Proprietary RAID is much more difficult to recover data from in the event of an additional failure of an already degraded array.

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