Bad block HOWTO for smartmontools

Submitted by sandip on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 22:51. | Tags:

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(via smartmontools.sourceforge.net)

This article describes what actions might be taken when smartmontools detects a bad block on a disk. It demonstrates how to identify the file associated with an unreadable disk sector, and how to force that sector to reallocate.

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Bad block HOWTO for smartmontools

Bad block HOWTO for smartmontools

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