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Originally Posted by TerryP
I don't think I have to say it, but if you have a way -> I would backup all valuable data off the drive while you can. I still remember having to copy data off a breaking USB connector, not fun.
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Originally Posted by ephemera
as a precaution i would suggest taking a backup of any important files right away.
check the o/p of fdisk; does it show a discrepency in the partition size?
also check the SMART status of the disk. if it indicates that the disk is ok then that doesn't necessarily mean the disk is ok, but if it indicates an impending disk failure then the disk is almost certainly bad.
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Thanks -- a backup is always sound advice. And more than once I've been burned by not backing up -- you'd think I would have learned after the first time. In this case, however, it was a fresh vanilla install -- no data yet. All my data is stored on my main desktop.
But now that it's been mentioned -- I'd better go backup my desktop.