https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/its-not-right-but-toolbox-says-it-is-ok/m-p/21231#M9344 <P>I posted a bit earlier about an SSD in an embedded platform, with an oldish linux and ext3 partitions, I get write errors and wondered if it was because the use pattern I had was wearing out on bit of the drive.</P><P></P><P>I took the drive out and put in a windows box to have a look with the toolbox program, I had to reformat to NTFS to get anywhere, but figured a full format would find the sort of errors I am looking for so why not.</P><P></P><P>It formatted just fine, it passed a couple of surface scans, and toolbox says it is 100% ok after a full diagnostic scan.</P><P></P><P>Toolbox shows 100% health and life, it seems unlikely that the toolbox would be fooled by a format, but is that the case, might I have wiped out the lifetime and error information.</P><P></P><P>I looked at the smart information (copy to clipboard would be nice about here )</P><P></P><P>Everything is in green so I assume ok, things like no reallocated sectors suggest the drive is not even covering up problems.</P><P></P><P>So is it perfectly healthy, or have I somehow wiped the counters that would show problems?</P><P></P><P>Chris</P> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:26:11 GMT idata 2013-01-28T11:26:11Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/its-not-right-but-toolbox-says-it-is-ok/m-p/21231#M9344 <P>I posted a bit earlier about an SSD in an embedded platform, with an oldish linux and ext3 partitions, I get write errors and wondered if it was because the use pattern I had was wearing out on bit of the drive.</P><P></P><P>I took the drive out and put in a windows box to have a look with the toolbox program, I had to reformat to NTFS to get anywhere, but figured a full format would find the sort of errors I am looking for so why not.</P><P></P><P>It formatted just fine, it passed a couple of surface scans, and toolbox says it is 100% ok after a full diagnostic scan.</P><P></P><P>Toolbox shows 100% health and life, it seems unlikely that the toolbox would be fooled by a format, but is that the case, might I have wiped out the lifetime and error information.</P><P></P><P>I looked at the smart information (copy to clipboard would be nice about here )</P><P></P><P>Everything is in green so I assume ok, things like no reallocated sectors suggest the drive is not even covering up problems.</P><P></P><P>So is it perfectly healthy, or have I somehow wiped the counters that would show problems?</P><P></P><P>Chris</P> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:26:11 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/its-not-right-but-toolbox-says-it-is-ok/m-p/21231#M9344 idata 2013-01-28T11:26:11Z