New posts in bad-blocks

badblocks vs. SMART Extended Self Test

Bad sectors vs spare/reserve sectors and how the OS and disk interpret them

Is it possible to mark or segregate bad blocks on HDD?

How can I test the full capacity of an SD card in Linux?

Do bad clusters on modern (as of 2020) SSD indicate hardware failure?

Trying to remove/diagnose single Current_Pending_Sector in S.M.A.R.T. data

How to make smartd shut up about one particular offline uncorrectable sector?

How likely is the last block of a drive to be a bad sector?

Rescuing a hdd with bad sectors: dd vs gddrescue

Using “badblocks” on modern disks

find file by block number on ext3 fs on lvm

From bad sector to "damaged file" - did it for Linux/ext3, can I do it for Windows/NTFS?

How long does badblocks take on a 1TB drive?

How many SMART sector reallocations indicate problems?

How are SMART selftests related to badblocks?

How to use hdparm to fix a pending sector?

Kingston SSD with several bad blocks and zero reallocated sectors

How can I intentionally break/corrupt a sector on an SD card?