I tried to do this on a 3TB drive that I know has a number of bad sectors (and for all I know the entire drive might be bad).
I can start fsck, and I usually do it like this:
sudo fsck /disk/path -y
And it starts running, but it takes FOREVER. I tried running it the other day, and it ran for three days (and I know it was working, because it was showing updated messages about inodes, etc.)
It never finished because we had a power outage. I know, I know...I need to put my computer on a UPS...but that's beside the point.
Is there a relatively fast way to run fsck, or something similar to it, to repair this disk? Or is this just one of those things that takes time? Or should I just not even worry about it and consider this a bad disk? And if so, is there a way to sort of "wipe" the disk before I get rid of it?
I can start fsck, and I usually do it like this:
sudo fsck /disk/path -y
And it starts running, but it takes FOREVER. I tried running it the other day, and it ran for three days (and I know it was working, because it was showing updated messages about inodes, etc.)
It never finished because we had a power outage. I know, I know...I need to put my computer on a UPS...but that's beside the point.
Is there a relatively fast way to run fsck, or something similar to it, to repair this disk? Or is this just one of those things that takes time? Or should I just not even worry about it and consider this a bad disk? And if so, is there a way to sort of "wipe" the disk before I get rid of it?
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