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<pre>Hello,
I have bought a new HDD. According to GSmartControl there is a lack:
"Number of Mechanical Start Failures: 6"
Quote: "|0x03 0x030 4 6 --- Number of Mechanical Start Failures"|
So I have sent this drive back and got a replacement.
Then I have tested also the replacement. Result: Same issue:
Number of Mechanical Start Failures: 6
As I had the same lack on both HDDs, I doubt, that this is a HDD lack.
Maybe I misinterpret the GSmartControl output?
Data-sheet of the 2TB <code>TOSHIBA HDWD120</code>:
<a href="https://www.toshiba-storage.com/products/toshiba-internal-hard-drives-p300/" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.toshiba-storage.com/products/toshiba-internal-hard-drives-p300/</a>
smartctl -x output of the first drive:
<a href="https://workupload.com/file/9nygGUFQmx9" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://workupload.com/file/9nygGUFQmx9</a>
smartctl -x output of the second drive (Replacement):
<a href="https://filehorst.de/d/eCkpwsCD" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://filehorst.de/d/eCkpwsCD</a>
smartctl --version:
$ smartctl --version
smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-4.19.0-22-amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.smartmontools.org">www.smartmontools.org</a>
smartctl comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free
software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License; either
version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
See <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.gnu.org">http://www.gnu.org</a> for further details.
smartmontools release 7.1 dated 2019-12-30 at 15:00:11 UTC
smartmontools SVN rev 5022 dated 2019-12-30 at 15:00:49
smartmontools build host: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
smartmontools build with: C++14, GCC 8.3.0
smartmontools configure arguments: '--includedir=${prefix}/include' '--mandir=${prefix}/share/man' '--infodir=${prefix}/share/info' '--localstatedir=/var' '--disable-silent-rules' '--libdir=${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' '--runstatedir=/run' '--disable-maintainer-mode' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--build=x86_64-linux-gnu' '--host=x86_64-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-initscriptdir=no' '--docdir=/usr/share/doc/smartmontools' '--with-attributelog=/var/lib/smartmontools/attrlog.' '--with-drivedbdir=/var/lib/smartmontools/drivedb' '--with-exampledir=/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examples/' '--with-savestates=/var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.' '--with-smartdplugindir=/etc/smartmontools/smartd_warning.d' '--with-smartdscriptdir=/usr/share/smartmontools' '--with-systemdenvfile=/etc/default/smartmontools' '--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system' '--with-libsystemd=auto' '--with-selinux' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/smartmontools-7.1=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fsigned-char -Wall -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now' 'CPPFLAGS=-Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/smartmontools-7.1=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fsigned-char -Wall -O2'
Platform: Linux
GSmartControl Version 1.1.3
Would appreciate some clarification. Thank you.</pre>
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