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--- fester:hvalid_hdd [2017/06/24 15:49] – [Making Sense of SMART Data] add content dan
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 ==== Non-Destructive Badblocks Test Using tmux ====
-I don’t know how to do this.
+To do a non-destructive ''badblocks'' test, follow the instructions above, but replace -w with -n.  Example commands might look like:
-If someone wants to give me the information and detailed copyright free screen shots I will be happy to include them in this guide or you could replace this or any section with your own?
+''badblocks -ns /dev/da0''
+or
+''badblocks -b 4096 -nsv /dev/da1''
+This test is intended to be non-destructive--once it has completed, the data on your disk should be unharmed.  Even so, I'd discourage running this on a disk with important data unless you have a good, readily-accessible backup.