Re: bad sectors on disk
On 02/09/2016 12:57 AM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
On my RPi2, I saw the following reported by my kernel.
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This got me worried so I ran an fsck on my drive. Following is the report.
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SEAGATE: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
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I suggest that you download Seagate's Seatools for DOS (bootable ISO
image), burn it to disc, and run it:
http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/
For machines that don't have an optical drive, this page explains how to
convert a bootable CD ISO image into a bootable hybrid ISO/USB image
that can be burned to a USB flash drive and booted on machines that
support such:
https://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/iso2usb
As an aside, I have Seagate, Western Digital, Intel, Samsung, Maxtor,
and possibly other brands of HDD/ SSD. While these manufacturers seem
to provide utilities that run on Windows, Seagate is the only vendor I
know of that still provides their tool as a stand-alone bootable ISO.
In years past, some vendors offered bootable floppy disk images,
bootable floppy disk creators, and/or files that could be copied to a
bootable floppy made with Windows. Such stand-alone utilities are
invaluable for troubleshooting and/or repair. Does anyone have links to
such tools? I'm especially interested in Western Digital DLG 5.04f.
I'm also looking for a HOWTO for converting a bootable floppy image to a
bootable USB flash drive image.
David
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