root@desktop:/media# smartctl -a /dev/sda smartctl version 5.37 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Western Digital Caviar SE16 family Device Model: WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0 Serial Number: WD-WCANKF484754 Firmware Version: 02.01C03 User Capacity: 250,059,350,016 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 7 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Local Time is: Sat Mar 15 04:23:57 2008 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Disabled Warning! SMART Attribute Data Structure error: invalid SMART checksum. Warning! SMART Attribute Thresholds Structure error: invalid SMART checksum. === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED See vendor-specific Attribute list for marginal Attributes. General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0xda) Offline data collection activity is in a Vendor Specific state . Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 144) Reserved. Total time to complete Offline data collection: (33838) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x90) No SMART execute Offline immediate. No Auto Offline data collection support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. No Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. No Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x742f) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0xbc) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 48) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 100) minutes. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 23124 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 105 Unknown_Attribute 0x0066 000 000 102 Old_age Always FAILING_NOW 0 23 Unknown_Attribute 0x9b60 213 218 096 Old_age Offline - 173244734348528 181 Unknown_Attribute 0x9e90 185 144 144 Old_age Offline In_the_past 176542877786000 182 Unknown_Attribute 0xa100 101 189 000 Old_age Offline - 220316731024896 222 Loaded_Hours 0xcc10 231 075 016 Old_age Offline - 227118267616528 67 Unknown_Attribute 0xcf10 146 052 016 Old_age Offline - 229113579229200 186 Unknown_Attribute 0xd100 149 146 000 Old_age Offline - 232412416758384 255 Unknown_Attribute 0xd470 075 035 112 Old_age Offline FAILING_NOW 235367116494224 180 Unknown_Attribute 0xd710 044 026 016 Old_age Offline - 238665259931664 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0xd990 233 120 144 Old_age Offline In_the_past 255090226423824 180 Unknown_Attribute 0xe980 225 165 128 Old_age Offline - 260037030308480 150 Unknown_Attribute 0xec00 186 179 000 Old_age Offline - 261686530075904 149 Unknown_Attribute 0xef00 212 090 000 Old_age Offline - 264984306839552 60 Unknown_Attribute 0xf200 090 089 000 Old_age Offline - 268281350255360 59 Unknown_Attribute 0xf500 125 058 000 Old_age Offline - 14294139467392 253 Unknown_Attribute 0x0d70 164 085 112 Old_age Offline In_the_past 16492884856448 55 Unknown_Attribute 0x1080 116 040 128 Old_age Offline FAILING_NOW 20341391102336 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x1380 077 054 128 Old_age Offline FAILING_NOW 23643462767616 221 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x1680 019 206 128 Old_age Offline FAILING_NOW 25841727903616 176 Unknown_Attribute 0x1880 227 161 128 Old_age Offline - 29139521444224 131 Unknown_Attribute 0x1b80 188 175 128 Old_age Offline - 31888532839424 145 Unknown_Attribute 0x1e00 140 130 000 Old_age Offline - 35186309603072 100 Unknown_Attribute 0x2100 092 085 000 Old_age Offline - 38417792114944 84 Unknown_Attribute 0x2310 060 069 016 Old_age Offline - 40751558566928 39 Unknown_Attribute 0x2610 012 024 016 Old_age Offline FAILING_NOW 43500553185040 52 Unknown_Attribute 0x2890 229 037 144 Old_age Offline In_the_past 46798346725776 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x2b90 180 248 144 Old_age Offline - 50100418391184 Warning! SMART ATA Error Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum. SMART Error Log Version: 0 No Errors Logged Warning! SMART Self-Test Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum. SMART Self-test log structure revision number 0 Warning: ATA Specification requires self-test log structure revision number = 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]