On Sunday 27 Jul 2014 15:05:53 Dale wrote: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> [14-07-27 14:36]: > >> meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >>> Back to the initial problem: How can I offline test the rest of the > >>> disk if the first bad sector (10%) of the surface breaks the test with > >>> an error? Best regards, mcc > >> > >> I never got mine to go past the first failure until I used dd to erase > >> the drive. As mentioned before, I may could have done that without > >> moving my data but that was to complicated and risky for me at the > >> time. From my understanding tho, until that data is moved off the bad > >> spot so that the drive knows it can do what it needs to, that spot is > >> still going to show up. I don't know of a way to make it test beyond > >> the bad spot either. > >> > >> If you have a drive that you can move that data over to so that you can > >> play with the bad drive, that's what I would do. Once you get it moved, > >> then dd the whole drive, run the test and then see what results you > >> get. I looked at a howto that someone posted or I found and doing it > >> with the data on there just made me nervous. > >> > >> I'm running out of info here. Anyone else provide more help than me? > >> > >> Dale > >> > >> :-) :-) > > > > Hi Dale, > > > > thanks for the info... > > > > I already did this. PLEASE read my previous posting completly. > > > > dd failed with an I/O error at that spot. > > Hmmmm. I'd be getting my data off there or some sort of backup and then > try erasing the whole drive. If that fails as well, then it seems like > you need a box and some shipping to get a replacement if it is under > warranty. If the dd fails, that sounds like maybe it has a error it > can't correct for some reason. I think dd does its thing on a basic > level and I have never had it give me a error except for running out of > space when it is done. I'm sure if the command you used was wrong, Neil > would have picked up on it and said something. So, I don't think you > are doing anything wrong, I just think your drive may have even more > serious issues than mine had. > > Unless someone else comes on with a idea on something else to try, I'd > be looking for somewhere to put my data and a different drive. If after > that you can get it working, well, you got a spare. If not, it was > broke anyway. > > I hope someone else has more ideas.
Does it still error out if you run the commands in this sequence? mkswap -L swap -f -c /dev/sda2 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda2 bs=512 conv=notrunc Also, did you try the 'hdparm --write-sector' option that Volker mentioned? -- Regards, Mick
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