Bad Sectors Scan Tool

cybet · February 10, 2019, 12:27pm

Hi All

look for some software to scan an hard drive for bad sectors

g-aitc · February 10, 2019, 4:23pm

Are you using Linux then the tools in Disc, Linux Mint’s name for the utility also look in the cli reference Windows the Sysinternals package has tools. HDD manufacturers have specific tools for their drives.

cybet · February 10, 2019, 4:43pm

Yes I’m running linux

LTS_Tom · February 10, 2019, 5:23pm

You can also do some testing with SpinRite https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm

DynamicTechs · February 11, 2019, 1:25am

Unfortunately with Spinrite it doesn’t work on larger drives and new machines. I have a 2TB drive I have tried testing with Spinrite and I keep getting an error. Research has proven GRC staring it is a motherboard issue/settings.

I’m also looking for something that is equivalent to Spinrite but will work on larger drives.

Mike · February 11, 2019, 2:46am

badblocks is what you guys are looking for.

https://www.tecmint.com/check-linux-hard-disk-bad-sectors-bad-blocks/

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/badblocks

pedracho · February 11, 2019, 10:51pm

Thanks Tom, I was not aware of this tool.