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Full physical hd check

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 202638923 views
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I would like to run a full, sector-by-sector, physical check on some external hard drives. As far as I know, does not supply this option. Is there a workaround under , or a good replacement? I'm using Windows 7 on this machine, but Linux solutions applicable from a live CD are also welcome.

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In Windows NT/XP/Vista/7, you can open a CMD prompt and use where x is the drive letter of your USB drive, assuming the drive is partitioned and has a drive letter assigned to it. I'd suggest getting an Ubuntu live CD and booting into Linux, then us…

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