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Created October 16, 2021 11:38
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How to find and avoid bad blocks on hard disk.
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badBlocks.sh
# This is a script for finding bad blocks on hard drive.
# Repace "/dev/sdb" with disk you wish to check.
sudo fdisk -l
sudo badblocks -v /dev/sdb > /tmp/bad-blocks.txt
sudo e2fsck -l /tmp/bad-blocks.txt /dev/sdb
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