2TB HD , sector errors and slow response.
Posted: 23 Apr 2013, 17:50
I have a Hitachi LifeStudio 2 TB external HD.
In Windows, the HD doesnt run and windows gives error stating that the drive needs to be formatted.
And when tried in linux [ Fedora 18 ] the hard-disk response is too slow , even exploring the directories is slow and 'am not able to play movies from the HD directly [ VLC shows no response at all ] . but once the movies/songs are copied from external HD to local PC [ the copy is slow ] , they play perfectly well .
Few months back i had some partitioning problem with the same HD , and after some search/research testdisk finally saved me . I hope i can fix this one this time too .
Is it problem with partitioning ? or the HD is partially damaged ?
I dont care if it doesnt run in windows , but i want it to run well in Linux
below is the log file that might be of help . it indicates some block/sector errors.
/var/log/messages
Thanks in Advance , and let me know if any other information,logs are required !!
In Windows, the HD doesnt run and windows gives error stating that the drive needs to be formatted.
And when tried in linux [ Fedora 18 ] the hard-disk response is too slow , even exploring the directories is slow and 'am not able to play movies from the HD directly [ VLC shows no response at all ] . but once the movies/songs are copied from external HD to local PC [ the copy is slow ] , they play perfectly well .
Few months back i had some partitioning problem with the same HD , and after some search/research testdisk finally saved me . I hope i can fix this one this time too .
Is it problem with partitioning ? or the HD is partially damaged ?
I dont care if it doesnt run in windows , but i want it to run well in Linux
below is the log file that might be of help . it indicates some block/sector errors.
/var/log/messages
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Apr 23 22:28:49 NA kernel: [ 3366.855166] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:28:49 NA kernel: [ 3366.855168] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Apr 23 22:28:49 NA kernel: [ 3366.855174] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:28:49 NA kernel: [ 3366.855178] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr 23 22:28:49 NA kernel: [ 3366.855182] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] CDB:
Apr 23 22:28:49 NA kernel: [ 3366.855184] Read(10): 28 20 00 00 69 53 00 00 0c 00
Apr 23 22:28:49 NA kernel: [ 3366.855197] end_request: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 26963
Apr 23 22:28:52 NA kernel: [ 3369.596944] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
Apr 23 22:28:52 NA kernel: [ 3369.596952] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:28:52 NA kernel: [ 3369.596955] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Apr 23 22:28:52 NA kernel: [ 3369.596959] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:28:52 NA kernel: [ 3369.596962] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Apr 23 22:28:52 NA kernel: [ 3369.596968] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:28:52 NA kernel: [ 3369.596973] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr 23 22:28:52 NA kernel: [ 3369.596977] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] CDB:
Apr 23 22:28:52 NA kernel: [ 3369.596984] Read(10): 28 20 00 00 69 54 00 00 0b 00
Apr 23 22:28:52 NA kernel: [ 3369.596998] end_request: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 26964
Apr 23 22:28:55 NA kernel: [ 3372.338584] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
Apr 23 22:28:55 NA kernel: [ 3372.338591] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:28:55 NA kernel: [ 3372.338595] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Apr 23 22:28:55 NA kernel: [ 3372.338599] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:28:55 NA kernel: [ 3372.338602] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Apr 23 22:28:55 NA kernel: [ 3372.338608] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:28:55 NA kernel: [ 3372.338612] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr 23 22:28:55 NA kernel: [ 3372.338616] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] CDB:
Apr 23 22:28:55 NA kernel: [ 3372.338619] Read(10): 28 20 00 00 69 38 00 00 01 00
Apr 23 22:28:55 NA kernel: [ 3372.338633] end_request: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 26936
Apr 23 22:28:55 NA kernel: [ 3372.338675] FAT-fs (sdb1): FAT read failed (blocknr 26873)
Apr 23 22:28:58 NA kernel: [ 3375.171989] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
Apr 23 22:28:58 NA kernel: [ 3375.171997] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:28:58 NA kernel: [ 3375.172000] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Apr 23 22:28:58 NA kernel: [ 3375.172029] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:28:58 NA kernel: [ 3375.172037] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Apr 23 22:28:58 NA kernel: [ 3375.172043] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:28:58 NA kernel: [ 3375.172048] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr 23 22:28:58 NA kernel: [ 3375.172052] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] CDB:
Apr 23 22:28:58 NA kernel: [ 3375.172054] Read(10): 28 20 00 00 69 38 00 00 01 00
Apr 23 22:28:58 NA kernel: [ 3375.172068] end_request: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 26936
Apr 23 22:29:00 NA kernel: [ 3377.922020] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
Apr 23 22:29:00 NA kernel: [ 3377.922028] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:00 NA kernel: [ 3377.922031] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Apr 23 22:29:00 NA kernel: [ 3377.922035] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:00 NA kernel: [ 3377.922038] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Apr 23 22:29:00 NA kernel: [ 3377.922043] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:00 NA kernel: [ 3377.922048] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr 23 22:29:00 NA kernel: [ 3377.922051] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] CDB:
Apr 23 22:29:00 NA kernel: [ 3377.922054] Read(10): 28 20 00 00 69 39 00 00 01 00
Apr 23 22:29:00 NA kernel: [ 3377.922072] end_request: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 26937
Apr 23 22:29:03 NA kernel: [ 3380.672049] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
Apr 23 22:29:03 NA kernel: [ 3380.672057] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:03 NA kernel: [ 3380.672061] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Apr 23 22:29:03 NA kernel: [ 3380.672064] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:03 NA kernel: [ 3380.672067] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Apr 23 22:29:03 NA kernel: [ 3380.672073] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:03 NA kernel: [ 3380.672078] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr 23 22:29:03 NA kernel: [ 3380.672082] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] CDB:
Apr 23 22:29:03 NA kernel: [ 3380.672084] Read(10): 28 20 00 00 69 3a 00 00 18 00
Apr 23 22:29:03 NA kernel: [ 3380.672098] end_request: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 26938
Apr 23 22:29:06 NA kernel: [ 3383.422059] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
Apr 23 22:29:06 NA kernel: [ 3383.422067] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:06 NA kernel: [ 3383.422072] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Apr 23 22:29:06 NA kernel: [ 3383.422075] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:06 NA kernel: [ 3383.422078] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Apr 23 22:29:06 NA kernel: [ 3383.422084] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:06 NA kernel: [ 3383.422089] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr 23 22:29:06 NA kernel: [ 3383.422093] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] CDB:
Apr 23 22:29:06 NA kernel: [ 3383.422095] Read(10): 28 20 00 00 69 3b 00 00 17 00
Apr 23 22:29:06 NA kernel: [ 3383.422110] end_request: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 26939
Apr 23 22:29:09 NA kernel: [ 3386.163812] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
Apr 23 22:29:09 NA kernel: [ 3386.163819] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:09 NA kernel: [ 3386.163823] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Apr 23 22:29:09 NA kernel: [ 3386.163827] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:09 NA kernel: [ 3386.163829] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Apr 23 22:29:09 NA kernel: [ 3386.163840] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:09 NA kernel: [ 3386.163844] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr 23 22:29:09 NA kernel: [ 3386.163848] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] CDB:
Apr 23 22:29:09 NA kernel: [ 3386.163851] Read(10): 28 20 00 00 69 53 00 00 0c 00
Apr 23 22:29:09 NA kernel: [ 3386.163865] end_request: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 26963
Apr 23 22:29:11 NA kernel: [ 3388.905443] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
Apr 23 22:29:11 NA kernel: [ 3388.905451] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:11 NA kernel: [ 3388.905455] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Apr 23 22:29:11 NA kernel: [ 3388.905458] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:11 NA kernel: [ 3388.905461] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Apr 23 22:29:11 NA kernel: [ 3388.905467] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:11 NA kernel: [ 3388.905472] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr 23 22:29:11 NA kernel: [ 3388.905476] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] CDB:
Apr 23 22:29:11 NA kernel: [ 3388.905478] Read(10): 28 20 00 00 69 54 00 00 0b 00
Apr 23 22:29:11 NA kernel: [ 3388.905492] end_request: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 26964
Apr 23 22:29:14 NA kernel: [ 3391.646993] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
Apr 23 22:29:14 NA kernel: [ 3391.647000] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:14 NA kernel: [ 3391.647027] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Apr 23 22:29:14 NA kernel: [ 3391.647032] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:14 NA kernel: [ 3391.647035] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Apr 23 22:29:14 NA kernel: [ 3391.647053] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb]
Apr 23 22:29:14 NA kernel: [ 3391.647060] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr 23 22:29:14 NA kernel: [ 3391.647064] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] CDB:
Apr 23 22:29:14 NA kernel: [ 3391.647067] Read(10): 28 20 00 00 69 38 00 00 01 00
Apr 23 22:29:14 NA kernel: [ 3391.647086] end_request: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 26936
Apr 23 22:29:14 NA kernel: [ 3391.647352] FAT-fs (sdb1): FAT read failed (blocknr 26873)