Disk Stuff

List disks: 

 fdisk -l 

 OR 

 df -h 

 

 

 

 Scanning 

 1 - Check if SMART scans are enabled 

 smartctl -s on /dev/sdX 

 2 - Run a test 

 smartctl -t DURATION /dev/sdX 

 Duration is either "long" or "short" 

 3 - Check results 

 smartctl -a /dev/sdX 

 

 

 S.M.A.R.T scanning 

 

 Scan a disk 

 sudo smartctl -t long/short /dev/sdX 

 

 Check scan results 

 sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdX 

 

 Check scan progress 

 smartctl -c /dev/sdX