How check bad block in hard disk drive via Linux Mint or Ubuntu

in badblock •  7 years ago  (edited)

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1.Identify the partition via Disks or similar program. (my target partition is /dev/sdc6 which indicates the 6th partition in my third external hard drive)
2.Unmount the partition
3.Open terminal & run:

sudo badblocks -wsv /dev/sdc6
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