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Author Topic: Checking a HDD for errors  (Read 5357 times)

dudu_georgescu

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Checking a HDD for errors
« on: January 09, 2009, 09:56:23 AM »
Hi,

Is there a way to check a HDD mounted in a DNS 323 for errors (i.e. surface test, read-write test, bad sectors, etc.)?

Appreciate it,

George
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dudu_georgescu

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Re: Checking a HDD for errors
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2009, 04:03:17 PM »
Anybody?  ;D
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bripab007

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Re: Checking a HDD for errors
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2009, 04:14:03 PM »
Unfortunately, the answer to your question is "no."
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dudu_georgescu

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Re: Checking a HDD for errors
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2009, 05:52:43 PM »
How's the device knowing when a HDD is about to fail (i.e. sending email notifications). Is the NAS using the S.M.A.R.T. capabilities of the HDD?
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hilaireg

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Re: Checking a HDD for errors
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2009, 09:18:05 AM »
All good questions that D-Link Engineering should be able to answer.  It also highlights the need for more HDD information to be displayed in the WebUI.

*hint* *hint* *hint* *hint* *hint*
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dudu_georgescu

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Re: Checking a HDD for errors
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2009, 08:10:12 PM »
Quote from: hilaireg on January 11, 2009, 09:18:05 AM
All good questions that D-Link Engineering should be able to answer.  It also highlights the need for more HDD information to be displayed in the WebUI.

*hint* *hint* *hint* *hint* *hint*

If that's the case, then why aren't they answering?  ;D
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mycomputers.ca

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Re: Checking a HDD for errors
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2009, 07:20:25 PM »
well in the release that came with my unit i had orignally used 1.4 which had those tools lets say it didn't go very well and i lost years of data because of it.
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fordem

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Re: Checking a HDD for errors
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2009, 07:27:08 PM »
Is that a typo?

There's never been a 1.4 (current is 1.06) and 1.04 had no disk checking tools that I recall.
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Re: Checking a HDD for errors
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2009, 07:29:23 PM »
Quote from: fordem on January 12, 2009, 07:27:08 PM
Is that a typo?

There's never been a 1.4 (current is 1.06) and 1.04 had no disk checking tools that I recall.

sorry yea i meant 1.04 and im sure about it that's how i lost my data it might have been.
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