badblocks

I'm looking to test a hard drive for bad sectors and errors, but the tools I found to do this are meant for partitions -- not disks.

Check Bad Sectors in Linux Disks Using badblocks Tool. A badblocks program enables users to scan a device for bad sectors or blocks. The device ...

badblocks is a program to test storage devices for bad blocks. In modern HDDs and SSDs firmware automatically detects defective sectors and, where possible, ...

So I guess Gparted cannot check for bad blocks, the only option I see is under Partition there is a Check and repair file system, which ...

The commands like: sudo badblocks -sv /dev/sda1 > bads.txt sudo e2fsck -l bads.tst /dev/sda1 or sudo e2fsck -ckvt

Boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB in “Try Ubuntu” mode · Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T · Type sudo fdisk -l · Identify the /dev/ ...

If any bad blocks are found, they are added to the bad block inode to prevent them from being allocated to a file or directory. If this option ...

badblocks is an essential utility in Linux for identifying bad sectors on your disk. Its extensive options allow for different types of tests.

Badblocks is a command-line utility in Linux used to search for bad sectors on a disk. It can identify unreadable sectors that may indicate failing hardware.

You can install gsmartcontrol(smartmontools with a GUI more or less) and use this utility to see SMART info. badblocks -sv /dev/sdX