Re: SATA hdd refuses to reallocate a sector?

From: Zdenek Kaspar
Date: Mon Jun 24 2013 - 08:49:19 EST


On 06/23/2013 12:19 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This may very well be hw problem, but...
>
> I have error on sda4. I tried to make hdd reallocate it by writing
> zeros there, but it will not. Is there special kind of write that
> needs to be done to force reallocation?

Hi Pavel, maybe smartctl -t long /dev/sda will do the trick reliable for
your drive..

Z.

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