Some easy script for checking and repairing badblocks and more with hdparm #!/bin/bash echo "*********************************************************" echo "* Teh badblock checker / HPA extractor script!! v0.2a *" echo "* _____________________________________________________ *" echo "*********************************************************" HDD=$1 # https://wiki.debianforum.de/Hdparm # GET blocksize: # touch file ; du -h file # # BLOCKSIZE = fsutil