Re: bad HD sectors

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On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:04 PM, JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>

> Well, I am not actively using the disk. Too risky.
> I am trying to find out if there is reasonable doubt
> as to what the smartd is reporting as if the are recent
> errors.
> At this point I will try to see if it is still
> under warranty and have it serviced.

You may want to consider using fsck to check for bad sectors within
your filesystem(s). This will definitely not report bad sectors that
were marked as such by the manufacturer. But it may take more time
than finding out whether smart reports them.

Peter
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