Comments on: Extend the lifetime of your hard disk in Ubuntu Linux http://gerry.ws/2009/01/616/extend-the-lifetime-of-your-hard-disk-in-ubuntu-linux.html Philippines, Technology, Mobile, Android, Games, Mac, Linux, WordPress Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:26:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: gerry http://gerry.ws/2009/01/616/extend-the-lifetime-of-your-hard-disk-in-ubuntu-linux.html/comment-page-1#comment-472 gerry Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:40:33 +0000 http://gerry.ws/2009/01/616/extend-the-lifetime-of-your-hard-disk-in-ubuntu-linux.html#comment-472 Hi Nithin, You'll need to enter the following in a terminal session: sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count It will show you the number. You might need to install smartctl by: sudo apt-get install smartctl Hi Nithin,

You’ll need to enter the following in a terminal session:

sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count

It will show you the number. You might need to install smartctl by:

sudo apt-get install smartctl

]]> By: Nithin http://gerry.ws/2009/01/616/extend-the-lifetime-of-your-hard-disk-in-ubuntu-linux.html/comment-page-1#comment-471 Nithin Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:29:50 +0000 http://gerry.ws/2009/01/616/extend-the-lifetime-of-your-hard-disk-in-ubuntu-linux.html#comment-471 How do u know that your hard disk has already gone through 5253 Load Cycles. How do u know that your hard disk has already gone through 5253 Load Cycles.

]]> By: Gian http://gerry.ws/2009/01/616/extend-the-lifetime-of-your-hard-disk-in-ubuntu-linux.html/comment-page-1#comment-470 Gian Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:16:42 +0000 http://gerry.ws/2009/01/616/extend-the-lifetime-of-your-hard-disk-in-ubuntu-linux.html#comment-470 Hmm...sounds good. I´ll give it a look. However, I´m sure this will be adressed in the upcoming system updates. Hmm…sounds good. I´ll give it a look. However, I´m sure this will be adressed in the upcoming system updates.

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