[XCSSA] SMART drive labeled bad

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xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 October 2007 12:49, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
>   
>> I have been using a drive that constantly comes up with SMART status bad.
>>
>> I have disabled SMART on the system bios.
>>
>> I was wondering if there is a utility that will change the status of the
>> SMART drive?
>>     
>
> If it's coming up as bad.. I would recommend getting your data off it NOW.. 
> before you lose it all.  If you want a more conclusive r/w smart test, just 
> google for:
> 	xcssa smartctl
>
> for examples on how to use it.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Tweeks
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This drive has been labeled "bad" by smart for about 4 years now.

I did a
smartctl -l long /dev/hdb
and it returned nothing, zilch, nada!!! (sorry, too much monster garage)

smartctl -a /dev/hdb
still shows me that I have errors. 

I use the drive for backups.  It does not have the live data, so I am
not too worried about loosing it.

But if there was a way to actually change the status to "OK", then I
could see if it really fails again.

Then again..... my theory may be flawed.

Comments?!?!?!