Hard drive going out?

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elewis521

elewis521

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Good evening,

I am having an issue with files on my network storage hard drive. I have been receiving reports from staff members that files have been "Changing". Are there any explanations on files changing to other formats or becoming unusable. I am thinking it may be the drive failing due to it's age. I have noticed several file formats that I am not familiar with such as "ICA79". Any help is appreciated. Please look at the photo link to get a better idea on what I am experiencing.

Thank you!

http://i1024.photobucket.com/albums/y304/subspacedorito/files_zpsy957ocuy.png
 
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drtweak
Is this on a NAS or a Server? And is it on a RAID card or no? If is on a server and not on a RAID card you can use a program like Crystal Disk Info and check the SMART status. if it is a NAS (a prebuilt one like a synology) they have SMART status support in the managment system. If you have a RAID card in a server what kind of raid card? a lot of makes have software just for their RAID. Like LSI has LSI MegaRAID Storage manager that I put on all our clients dell servers (since the PERC RAID is LSI Based). If it is running something like FreeNAS i think it has SMART options as well.

Another way to test a failing drive is check the hard drive speed. Copy a big file to it. See how fast it goes (best if done with no one else and over...
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Is this on a NAS or a Server? And is it on a RAID card or no? If is on a server and not on a RAID card you can use a program like Crystal Disk Info and check the SMART status. if it is a NAS (a prebuilt one like a synology) they have SMART status support in the managment system. If you have a RAID card in a server what kind of raid card? a lot of makes have software just for their RAID. Like LSI has LSI MegaRAID Storage manager that I put on all our clients dell servers (since the PERC RAID is LSI Based). If it is running something like FreeNAS i think it has SMART options as well.

Another way to test a failing drive is check the hard drive speed. Copy a big file to it. See how fast it goes (best if done with no one else and over gigabit network)
 
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