Posts Tagged ‘bad sectors’
Ubuntu 9.10: Hard Drive Bad Sectors
After I upgraded my desktop to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), I received an error message from Palimpsest that my hard drive has bad sectors and that I should backup and replace it. I noticed on ubuntuforums that other users were reporting similar messages. It has also been reported as a bug on launchpad.
I have System Mechanic 6 installed on my Windows XP partition. I ran the hard drive repair tool on both partitions and it did not mention anything about bad sectors or needing to replace the hard drive.
I have a Seagate hard drive and I installed Seatools. I ran the diagnostic tests and my hard drive passed.
