There seems to be sufficient 'slop' in the definition of SMART stats and it would not surprise me if Seagate had got this one wrong (or if smartmontools had the interpretation wrong.) I suppose I should deploy it in a non-critical application and watch to see what it does. As far as the Seagate goes, I'm not convinced it is going bad. It is recognized when connected but reports lots of errors. The 'another one' refers to the second (IIRC) SSD I bought, a Crucial M4, which has also given up the ghost. I suppose I could have lived w/out the mouse for a few minutes, but I didn't have to! And the hinges or housing around them have not broken unlike the recent Lenovos that I have owned. That came in handy when I wanted to plug in a USB drive with some notes on it and the other ports were filled with Linux Boot USB, replacement SSD and mouse. 4 screws on the drive caddy (mostly rubber bumpers.) And I discovered it has a USB C port in addition to 2x USB 3.0 and 1X USB 2.0 ports. I suppose I should check to see if Win10 authenticated.Īnd incidentally, I'm still happy with Acer laptops. I was happy to see that both Windows and Linux booted w/out any issues. I performed an image copy to a slightly larger Crucial MX100. Not wishing to interrupt SWMBO's ability to read email, check her running stats or browse Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram etc. Maybe I can test the drive in a USB enclosure. Perhaps I should have booted Windows, installed Seatools and tested with that. Selective Self-tests/Logging not supportedI ran a long self test on it but it looks like the firmware does not log the result. Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 0
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