unknown partition table

[Jason Spiro]

On 6/29/06, Daniel Armstrong <dwarmstrong-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> But I wonder... is this "unknown partition table" an indication the
> drive is failing? I will have to investigate some diagnostic tools for
> checking hard drive health.
>
SMART is a nonintrusive way. smart-monitor can warn you of bad SMART
test results. Or smartmontools, if you want a tool you can use
interactively. Or your PC's BIOS might show the results of a SMART
check at every boot.

The Ultimate Boot CD has a bunch of HDD manufacturer utilities on it.
Dunno if there are any diagnostics on it though.

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