From: none@nowhere.com   
      
   Mike Easter wrote:   
   > Felix wrote:   
   >> How does LM treat HD bad sectors? Can it identify and mark them (if   
   >> any) 'not for use'? or is there an app that will do it?   
   >   
   > Default LM has Disks which is gnome-disks which has a SMART function   
   > which can check and self-test.   
   >   
   > But I think the way to go about dealing w/ sector exclusion on a disk   
   > you plan to continue to use is to 'start over' and format it, as   
   > opposed to trying to 'retro' exclude.   
   >   
   > There are instructions for using badblocks to list them to a file and   
   > then use fsck to use the file to exclude them; but I don't know if I   
   > like that; doing it that way instead of the format.   
      
   so does formatting mark sectors 'not for use'? even 'fast format'?   
      
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   > Steps to Check and Mark Bad Sectors:   
   >   
   >     1. Identify the disk:   
   >     .   
   >   
   > Use fdisk -l to list all available disks and their partitions.   
   > 2. Unmount the disk:   
   > .   
   > Before scanning, unmount the partition you want to check using sudo   
   > umount /dev/sda1 (replace sda1 with your actual partition).   
   > 3. Scan for bad blocks:   
   > .   
   > Use badblocks -v /dev/sda1 > badsectors.txt to scan for bad blocks and   
   > save the results to a file (replace sda1 with your partition).   
   > 4. Mark bad sectors:   
   > .   
   > Use sudo e2fsck -l badsectors.txt /dev/sda1 (for ext2/ext3/ext4   
   > filesystems) or sudo fsck -l badsectors.txt /dev/sda1 (for other   
   > filesystems) to mark the bad sectors as unusable.   
   > 5. Remount the disk:   
   > .   
   > After the scan and marking process, remount the disk using sudo mount   
   > /dev/sda1.   
   > 6. Check disk health with SMART:   
   > .   
   > Use the Disks application (found in the menu under Accessories) to   
   > check the disk's SMART data and run self-tests.   
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