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mdornfe1
November 1st, 2009, 02:20 AM
I just upgraded to Karmic and now there's this warning on my panel that says "One or more disks is failing: Disk has many bad sectors". What do I do?

twright
November 1st, 2009, 02:23 AM
Well how old is your disk etc?

I would just recommend making sure you have a backup as your drive might be near the end of its life...

phillw
November 1st, 2009, 02:31 AM
Well how old is your disk etc?

I would just recommend making sure you have a backup as your drive might be near the end of its life...

+1

with urgency.

you'll need a way to save your 'stuff', but this will give you the idea

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087&highlight=backup


If u need a 'custom' version, PM me here or on the site in my sig.


Phill.