badblocks on linux usb

[mack_guy911]

i am facing a badblocks problem on my usb external drive i use usb cheap sata casing how can i check them on usb as smart(disk utility) is not working on usb drives

also what could be cause of bad sectors can cheap casing cause bad sectors i wonder

[Mrkvonic]

SMART data requires that the device reports it
So you need a different method to check. Probably byte-by-byte read/write.
Mrk

[mack_guy911]

i tried that on windows it show ok in short generic test

i run long soon after i backup all data

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD


http://support.seagate.com/rightnow/..._Warranty.html


i guess it work any other tools mrk may you recomend for windows or linux which are safe to use

[vasa1]

Originally Posted by mack_guy911

i am facing a badblocks problem on my usb external drive i use usb cheap sata casing how can i check them on usb as smart(disk utility) is not working on usb drives

also what could be cause of bad sectors can cheap casing cause bad sectors i wonder

Mack, silly question but how did you know that you had bad blocks?

[mack_guy911]

no its not silly question but very right question its my fault i should Ans that before

i connected a cheap casing with USB and inside it i connect sata harddisk althoe it work perfectly before now on linux mint 12 i notice 2 times hanging and giving me error in Cli mode badblock occur thats make me worried