On Monday 04 May 2009 17:56:43 L. V. Lammert wrote: > Been trying to build a replacement HD for a system, .. and it seems > impossible to verify whether a disk is bad or not (having wasted some hours > rsync'ing data only to have the HD lock up the system when doing the final > rsync). > > What is the best way to do a surface analysis on a disk? badsect seems like > a holdover from MB-sized disks, and it doesn't do any analysis. > > TIA, > > Lee
The best way is to get a new disk. I'm serious. Disks are cheap enough, and the value of whats on them is high enough that if you think its going, get a new one. Even if this is a hobby system, I'd do that. There is disk testing software from the OEMs you can use. But if you think its acting weird don't trust it. --STeve Andre'
