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How to check new hard drives with badblocks
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| badblocks -b 4096 -p 0 -s -t 0 -v -w DEVICE [LAST_BLOCK] [FIRST_BLOCK] | |
| -b block_size | |
| -p num_passes | |
| -s Show the progress of the scan | |
| -t test_pattern | |
| -v Verbose mode | |
| -w Use write-mode test |
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Shows output similar to this:
Checking blocks 0 to 1953512447When cancelled with ctrl+c:
Interrupted at block 284489984To continue:
badblocks -b 4096 -p 0 -s -t 0 -v -w DEVICE 1953512447 284489983