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Old 01-16-2003, 04:37 PM   #1
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how to check for bad sector


can anyone explain how to use fschk or other program to check hard drive for bad sectors.
 
Old 01-16-2003, 07:24 PM   #2
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/sbin/e2fsck -c

see man e2fsck.
 
  


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