Paul Smith <phhs80 <at> gmail.com> writes: > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 6:48 AM, David G. Miller <dave <at> davenjudy.org> wrote: > > Chiming in with some additional information that only *partially* > > contradicts certain things that have been said in this thread. First off > > though, the advice that drives are cheap and data is expensive is absolutely > > correct. Do NOT let anything I say talk you out of making sure any critical > > data on this drive is backed up. > > <SNIP>. > > Thanks, Dave, for your very clarifying answer. Should I conclude from > your words that I have already some corrupted files? If so, is there > some way to identify them? > > Paul
Paul - Finding the files that may have been corrupted by a block going bad is a fairly long and involved process described here: http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/badblockhowto.html For almost anything other than text files, finding the file that has a corrupted block doesn't do you any good unless you have a backup copy. But, if you don't, at least you know which file is probably not usable anymore. For any installed application or OS files, you can always just re-install the package. Cheers, Dave -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
