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Re: I/O errors
> I found another file today which has the same problem - "Input/output
> error". This is not good. Any idea what's going on? Both files are mail
> folders used by an IMAP server.
>
> I should also mention that the harddisk gives a lot of "recovered scsi i/o
> errors". Is it time for a new harddisk?
>From my experience, it's time for full backup *now*, and then looking for
a new harddisk. If you continue working with faulty HD, you risk head
crash (if the fault is mechanical) - which usually means loss of all data
on all the disk.
With SCSI, on the other side, I heard about faulty cabling, so it might be
still to your disk.
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