[ale] OT: hardware question

[Geoffrey Myers]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> That does not sound like a bad drive. It sounds like a totally broken 
> reboot procedure. It's leaving files open. check your software for updates.

Everything is up to date.  Thing is, I'm running Lion now, but when I 
had the other drive issues, it was the previous 'large cat' version.

This is quite odd.  I agree, does not appear to be a drive issue to me 
either.

> 
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Geoffrey Myers 
> <lists at serioustechnology.com <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Okay, to try and get this on topic a bit, I am running Centos in a VM on
>     my macbook, but I have a repeating problem that is baffling me.
> 
>     I upgraded my drive to a 7200 750g drive a while back.  Soon after, I
>     started having problems that seemed to be drive related.  The drive was
>     still under warranty, so I returned it, purchased another identical
>     drive.
> 
>     All was good for a while.  Now, I'm having issues again.
> 
>     Here's the odd part.  I generally leave my laptop up 24/7.  I only have
>     a problem when I shut it down and then reboot.
> 
>     When I attempt to reboot, it won't.  I go into the disk utility and
>     check the disk for errors. Sure enough, errors.  I fix them, reboot all
>     is well.
> 
>     This happened twice this morning.  The last time, I didn't even try to
>     boot it, I went directly into the recovery mode, fired up the disk
>     utility and sure enouch, checking the disk shows errors and says I must
>     fix the errors.
> 
>     My point is, if the drive is going bad, why don't I have issues with the
>     laptop when I leave it up for extended periods of time?
> 
>     Do you folks think I've just gotten into a bad batch of drives?
> 
>     --
>     Until later, Geoffrey
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Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson