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ubuntu 9.10 - failing hard disk bad sectors error

post #1 of 19
10/8/09 at 11:51am
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hey there guys,

im having some strange problem i have just installed ubuntu 9.10 and it is saying my hard disk is failing and there are bad sectors.

is there a program i can use to fix these bad sectors or is there another way around this?

would really appreciate your help

thanks
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post #2 of 19
10/8/09 at 11:54am
You can use something like windows' chkdsk to close off those bad sectors but I don't think you can repair them.
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post #3 of 19
10/8/09 at 4:19pm
You don't need Windows to check a disk for badblocks. Linux comes with a utility called "badblocks" as well as various filesystem tools like fsck.

First thing I would do, if you have a lot of time, is run fsck on the disk (warning this will take a whole day on a modern disk). In order to do this, the disk must be unmounted. So, the best way to do it is boot from the Ubuntu LiveCD and then open a terminal and type:
Code:
sudo fsck -pcfv /dev/sda
Where "sda" = the disk in question.

This command will force automatic bad block checking and it will automatically mark all known bad sectors as bad so that they wont "interfere" in the future. After you boot back into the OS, I would make sure that smartmontools is installed:

Code:
sudo apt-get install smartmontools
You will need to make sure that "SMART' capability is enabled in your BIOS. After you get it installed, then you can run an extended offline test (this will run in the background while the computer is on and you wont even know it is running). To do that:

Code:
sudo smartctl --test=long /dev/sda
And then to see the overall health of the system, you can type:

Code:
sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda
Also, please read the manpages for these programs if you want a more detailed explanation:

Code:
man fsck
man smartmontools
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post #4 of 19
10/8/09 at 4:21pm
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I trust this man for all my Linux problems.

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post #5 of 19
11/27/09 at 6:36pm
I don't know if you're still having problems with your drive, but if your data is really important, you should try SpinRite, available here: http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
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post #6 of 19
11/27/09 at 6:47pm
SpinRite is a good program, but the sad truth is, once a hard drive starts failing in this way, there's no going back. What SpinRite can (often) do is get the drive running long enough so that you can save your data from the failing hard drive. But once the drive starts reallocating sectors, it's game over. Rescue and RMA.

See also the link in my sig.
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post #7 of 19
12/16/09 at 12:14pm
People are offering a list of solutions to this Ubuntu 9.10 problem without checking to see if Ubuntu itself has a problem. I believe this current distribution has a bug that needs fixing. I had the same problem on my laptop and was going to buy a new hard drive, but I removed 9.10 and reinstalled 9.04 and the problem was gone. The problem is with Ubuntu, not your hard drives.
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post #8 of 19
1/30/10 at 8:39am
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Originally Posted by adewaleas View Post
People are offering a list of solutions to this Ubuntu 9.10 problem without checking to see if Ubuntu itself has a problem. I believe this current distribution has a bug that needs fixing. I had the same problem on my laptop and was going to buy a new hard drive, but I removed 9.10 and reinstalled 9.04 and the problem was gone. The problem is with Ubuntu, not your hard drives.
I would agree. I have run spinrite and the drive checks clean withou any errors or problems. Ubuntu 9.10 seams to be the only thing that is having problems with this Maxtor 250 gig HD. Anyone have other thoughts?
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post #9 of 19
1/30/10 at 9:15am
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I would agree. I have run spinrite and the drive checks clean withou any errors or problems. Ubuntu 9.10 seams to be the only thing that is having problems with this Maxtor 250 gig HD. Anyone have other thoughts?
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post #10 of 19
2/6/10 at 2:53pm
Dunno if this has actually been covered on this forum, just found it out myself anyway....but the failing had disk bad sectors error is actually a bug within Ubuntu 9.10 itself and it's perfectly safe to ignore.

This blog has more info than I do:

http://www.xodiac.net/?p=31

Good luck and I hope you're still using Ubuntu
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