Run the following:<\/p>\n
$ sudo smartctl -A \/dev\/sda | grep -P ‘Load_Cycle|ATTRIB’<\/p>\n
And see something like this:<\/p>\n
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
\n 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always – 6038<\/p>\n
The last value is the number of load cycles. A laptop hard drive typically has a lifetime of 600,000 load cycles. If the count is increasing by several thousand per day (or even several hundred), it may be cause for concern.<\/p>\n
For information and how to fix it, see [http:\/\/lwn.net\/Articles\/256769\/](http:\/\/lwn.net\/Articles\/256769\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Run the following: $ sudo smartctl -A \/dev\/sda | grep -P ‘Load_Cycle|ATTRIB’ And see something like this: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always – 6038 The last value is the number of load cycles. A laptop hard drive typically has a lifetime of … <\/p>\n