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hello i would like your help
im a newbie on linux suse 10
im looking for a program that allows me to explore sectors on my HDD
like a SCANDISK, but one that can actually fix bad sectors or at least mark them...
i have couple of bad sectors and sometimes my kde3 just freeze
hope you can help me i just neeed a program or command name and small instructions if it isnt that much trouble.
Download the hard drive diagnostic utility from the hard drive manufacturer's website. All the main hard drive manufacturers have them available(seagate, maxtor, wester digital, hitachi/ibm). The manufacturer's utilities are best for this job.
Distribution: Gentoo (all servers at work are openSUSE)
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To be quite honest with you I've never done it,
but was told to by a guy who's been Slacking
longer than me. See if you can figure it out by
reading the man pages; in the meantime, maybe
one of them gurus will show up. I have a drive
in a lappy with a bad block ... just haven't
stopped to do this yet.
"c" causes mkfs to check for bad blocks before creating the filesystem and not use those blocks.
However, I would still recommend using the manufacturer's hard drive utilities to thoroughly check the drive. The presence of noticable bad blocks such that it's interfering with proper functioning is a sign that the drive may be on it's way out. Back up your data and check the drive out. It may be time to start looking at new hard drives.
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