> Am 26.07.2014 um 16:48 schrieb Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com>:
>
> What would you use to write/read/verify every sector of a hard disk? (I'm interested in really testing a disk, not in
beinglied to by S.M.A.R.T.)
>
> Given what I've got spare for testing, either a Win7 application, or some LiveCD would be most convenient.
Any Linux or BSD LiveCD should come with dd. Still you should save a copy of smartctl output before you run dd and
compareit to smartctl output after running dd, if dd finishes without error at all.
Jan