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   Message 28,803 of 30,566   
   Felix to Mike Easter   
   Re: Hard drive question   
   29 Jul 25 11:11:50   
   
   From: none@nowhere.com   
      
   Mike Easter wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >>   
   > Maybe Felix can bring this around to something practical based on what   
   > triggered the question in the first place.   
   >   
   > Perhaps he saw (or even heard) some kind of warning from something.   
      
   no, nothing like that. just wanting to learn about LM, and how it does   
   things   
      
   >   
   > People write articles or do YTs of what might constitute a warning and   
   > then go to the SMART business to see if there is something wrong there.   
   >   
      
      
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