Ah yes, disk "S.M.A.R.T"

# smartctl -x /dev/sdd
smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [x86_64-linux-6.1.0-32-amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

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Local Time is:    Mon Dec  8 15:24:45 2025 GMT
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SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: FAILED!
Drive failure expected in less than 24 hours. SAVE ALL DATA.
See vendor-specific Attribute list for failed Attributes.

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Left it for a bit, and
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# smartctl -x /dev/sdd
smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [x86_64-linux-6.1.0-32-amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

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Local Time is:    Mon Dec  8 23:38:57 2025 GMT
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=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

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