data does indeed indicate that the drive is functioning correctly, should the failure of the Long Generic SeaTools test be considered proof that there is a problem after all that S.M.A.R.T. data indicate that the drive is functioning correctly?Ģ. I have no idea how to interpret these results (except that the green dots seemingly indicate success), so I don't know for certain if the drive passed or failed.ġ.

data of a hard drive, and got the following results: I then downloaded and ran HDDScan, which can apparently find out the S.M.A.R.T. The second (Long Generic) reported (in its words) 'Long Generic - FAIL'. The first one (Short Drive Self Test) passed. So I downloaded SeaTools for Windows and ran two tests. I have been slightly worried about the possibility of it going out, as I've had it for three years now and it seems to be getting a tad noisier and slower to start up lately (although that could be my imagination).

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