8 Oct
2011
8 Oct
'11
10:54 a.m.
I had a drive die on my too, thankfully I didn't have all the problems you
did. Sorry lass. And data retrieval was a snap.
Be happy, you're running linux and not windows, data retrieval would be a
nightmare. Assuming it was possible.
I wish I could help, I have some spare healthy HDs I could have lent you.
If you're in the US, take advantage of the memorial day sales coming up.
Also, don't buy any HD with a less than 5 year warranty. They are more likely
to fail within the first 90 days of operation (cheaper - none mission
critical, consumer level construction).
Seagates, Western Digitals and Maxtor (Seagate) are my favs.
I hope all goes well.
Kate
On Saturday 08 October 2011, Lisi wrote:
On Thursday 06 October 2011 22:23:11 Lisi wrote:
Bonkers is the best description I can come up
with. Applications that
were working fine are suddenly not. (In particular Konqueror, but not
only Konqeror.) Settings change randomly. The latest, a few minutes
ago, was my desktop settings, which have disappeared and the same random
KDE one "set up" for all the desktops (4 - and until just now they all
had different backgrounds). When I went to check what "configure
desktop" showed, I found that my screensaver had been turned off.
I ran memtest overnight from Thursday to Friday. No errors. It was only 6
passes, so is not definitive, but it is a good indication that the memory
is OK.
I have looked at the log as suggested by Nik. I can see nothing, but then
I don't know what I am looking for.
And last night I ran (from a Live CD, so outside the system): first
smartctl, which found some errors, and then badblocks, which didn't.
So I imagine that I should start looking for a new hard drive? :-( I do
worry a bit in case it is something more major. And I may change the CMOS
battery first.
smartctl is obviously warning me: the drive is on its way out, so do
something about it. I shall try to limp to next Tuesday, since it will
mean a lot of sorting out. (Acquire the HDD, install Squeeze/Trinity, try
to use my present /home and all the data on it etc.)
That would also, of course, sort out the software. Provided that I don't
go and restore some faulty configurations. I shall anyhow try the viable
part of Kate's suggestion. Kate - I realised that the fault is too
intermittent to show up in a hurry. We are talking days, not hours. And
I, as me, need to access my data etc.
I am still open to suggestions!!
Thanks all for your invaluable help.
Lisi
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