On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Jordan Aberle wrote: > Use the manufacturer's diagnostic software, they all have their own. > Simply go to the website and click support, look for diagnostic hard > drive software. Most of them require that you extract the files to a > bootable cd or floppy disk and run the test outside linux or windows. > > If the hard drive is in warranty and it fails the test just give them > a call, they will give you an RMA number. > > Good idea. My Windows machine does not recognize the drive, and I don't see any special drivers for it. So I am back to Linux. Mark > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Matt Graham > wrote: > > From: Mark Phillips > >> I have an older hard drive (WD1200VE - 120 GB) However, I would like > >> to test it (thoroughly, whatever that means) to see if it has any > >> problems before I use it as a backup drive. > > > > If you don't care about the data on the disk, plug it in, then in an > xterm or > > konsole or screen session, run "badblocks -s -w -o badblocks.out > /dev/sdd1", > > replacing sdd1 with whatever disk and partition# the drive shows up as. > > This'll do a destructive read/write test on all sectors of the device. > It > > will tie up the device, but all the other devices will remain usable, > since > > Linux does multitasking pretty well in most cases. You could add "-p 1" > to > > make it do 2 passes if you really want to check it out. If it does find > bad > > blocks, you can pass the badblocks.out file to mke2fs's -l option, which > could > > keep things usable. > > > > Make sure you get the device name right. > > > > -- > > Matt G / Dances With Crows > > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ > > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >