Re: Is my root partition dying?

David Zuccaro via luv-main <luv-main@luv.asn.au> writes:

Hi, I'm running fsck on my root partition and getting lots of io errors as shown in the link.

What should I do? Is my disk dead or can it still be used?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/d3m019akv70xihs/2015-12-17%2000.50.59.jpg?dl=0

The "{ DRDY ERR }" means the OS can't talk to the disk. While this is *probably* the hard disk dying, it could also be a faulty cable or motherboard. I would * check backups. Others have already discussed this in this thread. * do smart self-tests "short" and then "long". If either fail, replace the disk. * move disk to new computer & do fsck &c; does the fault follow the disk? If not, check other components (e.g. cable). * consider RAID1.