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HDD scratch noise

Asked by Kenan Gutić

Well I have felling that the "Ugly FIX" might come back. You may know about problems with hard drives and Ubuntu on Load Cycle climbing to fast. And as far I remember Ubuntu fixed that. BUT ...

Bloody HDs still make more noise on Ubuntu that on Windows, scratch noise. Why is that? I will rise the scary question once more, is Ubuntu hurting my laptop, and is Ubuntu my HD killer? Is Calibration Retry Count (of 400 times) connected with Ubuntu, dual boot, partitioning or something else.

In fact is Ubuntu safe for my computer?

As I big fan of Ubuntu, and its user, I do not want do belive that, but I have strong feeling that Ubuntu is damaging my laptop. I run Seagate diagnostic tool for Windows, and it could not fix erros, said I need to use DOS.

Then I got even more scared.

Please give me advice, since it is a 1 year old laptop, and Calibration Retry Count warning with HDTune (408 faliures) is strange and scary. Should I leave Ubuntu or that is normal or there is a fix?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Yes Ubuntu is safe on your computer.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

What is the output of:

sudo fdisk -l; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Also make sure you have the latest BIOS.

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Kenan Gutić (kenan-gutic) said : 		#3

I have updated my BIOS.
Here is the output:

Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00080c03

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 645947391 322870272 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 645947392 1269097970 311575289+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 1269098494 1465147391 98024449 5 Extended
Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5 1453430784 1465147391 5858304 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 1269098496 1453430783 92166144 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
Linux N8100 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 10 19:11:08 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Ok and the output of:

sudo lshw -C disk; sudo lshw -C drive

Thanks

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Kenan Gutić (kenan-gutic) said : 		#5

  *-disk
       description: ATA Disk
       product: ST750LM022 HN-M7
       vendor: Seagate
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sda
       version: 2AR1
       serial: S2SUJ9KC909317
       size: 698GiB (750GB)
       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
       configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=4096 signature=00080c03
  *-cdrom
       description: DVD-RAM writer
       product: DVDRAM GT50N
       vendor: hp
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/cdrom
       logical name: /dev/sr0
       version: MP01
       capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
       configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19503993.aspx

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Could try and upgrade the firmware on the drive. Sounds like the particular drive isn't great from what I'm seeing online.

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Kenan Gutić (kenan-gutic) said : 		#8

Damn.

Do you have any idea what can cause this? Is it beacuse of OS or dual boot?
"Particular drive isn't great" - does this reffer to dvd drive or hdd?

I am reading now on Seagate site (http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/206091en) that I sould not update my ATA drive, as end-user.

Can I use my HDD, or it needs to be replaced, or I must quit using linux?
Is it safe to store data on my HDD?

I know I am boring, and ask to many questions, but laptop is new, and I very woried.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#9

You could try setting the SATA to compatibility mode in BIOS. May help

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Kenan Gutić (kenan-gutic) said : 		#10

ok tnx

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