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backjackII
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 Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 6:32 pm Post subject: Surface scan? |
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| Sorry, I couldn't find anything about this already existing in the forums... but does anyone know of a utility that I can use to test the integrity of a hard drive (i.e. surface scans etc)? |
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look at /sbin/badblocks (in e2fsprogs)
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| I would like the test to be filesystem-independent (i.e. I need to check drives w/ NTFS + reiserfs for physical defects). I also need to be able to check the drive even if there's no partition on it. |
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