Hard disk acting up....Forum: Other Help Topics Topic: Hard disk acting up.... started by: Max Posted by Max on Dec. 16 2004,04:29
My hard disk on this old notebook has been acting up.I was thinking of reloading DSL with the latest version anyway and wanted to know what linux tools/commands I can use to check out the integrity of the disk. Anyway to get it to do a low level format to mark any bad sectors, etc.... Thanks in advance... Posted by skaos on Dec. 16 2004,13:11
Try "badblocks -svw /dev/hda" (without quotes) - not quite sure about the options though. This will overwrite your disk completely (i.e. wipe it) four times. If you don't want to wipe it, I think you can run it without the -w option.
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