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check bad sectors?

  • 11-07-2006 08:24AM
    #1
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,236 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Is there a good tool for checking/fixing bad sectors on hard drives? I'm running Ubuntu at the moment and am having trouble copying from data DVDs to HD - freezes, I/O error messages flying up the screen etc. The disks themselves work fine on another (Windows) machine.


Comments

  • #2
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Google for badblocks.


  • #3
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    The disks themselves work fine on another (Windows) machine

    Does the board you are running ubuntu on have a VIA chipset?


  • #4
    ronanp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 365 ✭✭ronanp


    Ken Shabby wrote:
    Google for badblocks.

    Wow, google can do everything these days!


  • #5
    osmethod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 244 ✭✭osmethod


    On BSD there is "fsck". I assume its on linux though its been years since I used linux.

    osmethod


  • #6
    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    Make sure you don't use fsck on a mounted filesystem, can do untold damage...

    From experience

    MC


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