Scan disk for linux?

djgerbavore · 12-27-2004, 01:46 PM

hello, i recently had a harddrive go bad, i was able to recover a most of the files from it, thanks to helix

, however, i was wonder is there is a scan disk utility to check my hard drive for bad blocks or bad sectors? i did some searching and didn't come up with anything

thanks,
djgerbavore

XavierP · 12-27-2004, 01:55 PM

Have a look at man fsck - it should tell you all you need to know.

djgerbavore · 12-27-2004, 02:00 PM

i read that, but it doesn't do ntfs file sys.

XavierP · 12-27-2004, 02:16 PM

NTFS?? You need to do a chkdsk on your system then. Open a console and type in chkdsk /? I think it will say do chkdsk /F but you'll need to read up on it.

Why did you post a question about checking a Windows harddisk in Linux-Security?

xushi · 12-27-2004, 02:22 PM

Maby he thinks he can do it in linux =]

djgerbavore · 12-27-2004, 02:28 PM

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Maby he thinks he can do it in linux =]

no, i wanted to do it on my mac. of course i want to do it in linux. i can't run recovery console off the cd, why do you think i wrote it in a linux forum. I been using helix to do some data recover, but i just thought there was an experimental scan disk for ntfs, because according to the kernel mailing list, there was some support for ntfs repair tools.

XavierP · 12-27-2004, 02:48 PM

http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr...=Google+Search was my search. In there are a couple of tools from Sourceforge and Freshmeat which may be of help.

And try to be less snippy, your post didn't say that your cd was unbootable.

Capt_Caveman · 12-27-2004, 05:06 PM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in the Linux - General forum and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

djgerbavore · 12-28-2004, 08:34 AM

thanks you, sorry for being snippy, i some times don't realize how snippy i can be at time, i didn't mean to offend or make any one upset. After looking around, all the ntfs repair tools a "very experimental", so i think i'm just goin to wait, i got all the data i needed off it. thanks anyways for all the help.

djgerbavore