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Read/WRITE/Verify disk diagnostic tool for Mac OS X?

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Mar 15, 202611466 views
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It seems that there are many tools out there for Mac OS X that test a hard drive for bad blocks by doing a Read/Verify pass. That is, they read a block, then read it a second time, and verify that both reads yielded the same results. I need a tool that does a non-destructive Read/Write/Verify pass.…

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Fix for: Read/WRITE/Verify disk diagnostic tool for Mac OS X?

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You might want to have a look at badblocks(8), a command-line tool from GNU/Linux. There is a port for Darwin, which you can get from MacPorts: Having a look at the manual, you can read the -n and -w options' paragraphs: -n Use non-destructive read-…

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