On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Carlos E. R.
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On Saturday, 2009-07-04 at 12:14 +0530, Jay Mistry wrote:
badblocks is the name for the program that checks for bad bocks :-)
Karl
Will 'badblocks' be able to check Windows (FAT32, NTFS) file systems as well as ext3 ?
Yes. It only checks, it does not repair or remap. The format is irrelevant, even if it does not exist. Read the manual. For repairing/remaping you need manual action with different tools.
Are there any tools (Linux programs run from Live CD's) available that will check for & _repair_ (or re-allocate automatically) bad sectors ?
There are also the SMART tests, using smartctl, or the utility from the manufacturer. Format is irrelevant, and can be tested "live".
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