on 03/06/2011 07:07 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote the following: > Before leaving home, I started an fsck.ext4 on a filesystem (500GB) > that resides on a disk that I suspect is damaged: > > fsck.ext4 -c -c -f /dev/sdb1 > You can check the SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data, which is built-in in all hard drives today, and allows you to see the status or overall “health” of a hard drive.
( smartctl -a /dev/sdb )
