is my hard drive dying?

[Dan Egli]

Brian Beck wrote:
> here is a copy from the system logs / any ideas?
> 
> Apr 11 07:44:40 localhost kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady 
> SeekComplete Error }
> Apr 11 07:44:40 localhost kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError 
> BadCRC }
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> Apr 11 07:53:44 localhost kernel: blk: queue c03be900, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 
> 0xffffffff)
> Apr 11 07:53:44 localhost kernel: hdb: DMA disabled
> Apr 11 07:53:44 localhost kernel: ide0: reset: success
Quite possibly your hard drive has developed some bad sectors that linux 
is trying to read from. I would recomend downloading the drive 
diagnostic tool from your hard drive manufacturer's web site and run a 
full diagnostic (including surface scan!) on the hard drive.

--- Dan