Corrupt file system: Replace hard disk or not?

[Ori Berger]

This could be the result of anything from a power glitch, strong RF 
transmission from another device next to the computer, bad power supply 
or bad memory. The hard disk itself is not more suspect than any other 
component in your system.

Personally, I've twice had data mysteriously corrupted (once on Win2K, 
once on Linux), and in both cases it turned out that the RAM was bad; 
Since then, I never start using a system until it has successfully run 
through 48 hours of memtest.

When you install your next system, consider ZFS / ZoL - it tends to 
alert you to bad RAM or bad power supply rather quickly.

On 09/22/2017 12:11 PM, Eli Billauer wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> TL;DR: My hard disk's filesystem was corrupt, but the SMART statistics
> is perfect. Should I replace the hard disk?