Check disk alternative

[wonder-boy]

Im looking for a check disk alternative, i know you can check the permissions and verify the disk but you cant get osx to scan for bad clusters/sectors. The only work around for this that i have found is to first image the drive, format it in NTFS then run chkdsk X: /f /r /v (in windows)

Im sure someone mentioned that apple stores do have software to run this just us little people cant get it

any ideas?

 

[Terpfen]

There are more disk scanning options available if you boot from your OS X DVD and run Disk Utility from there.

Exactly what are you trying to accomplish, anyway?

 

[C7J0yc3]

Are you talking about the utilities that come with the Apple Care warranty? I know those include a test to check the drive's S.M.A.R.T status as well as doing a quick block level scan for bad blocks.

 

[cbags101]

Format with the security option to Zero out the disk. This will find bad sectors or blocks and map them out of service (sparing).

I think that's your best work around with native OSX software.

 

[wonder-boy]

for example if i check disk a NTFS hard drive i get a report telling me about bad clusters and sectors. i want a tool to do the same with for the mac file system. so i know if a drive is failing or not

 

[C7J0yc3]

for example if i check disk a NTFS hard drive i get a report telling me about bad clusters and sectors. i want a tool to do the same with for the mac file system. so i know if a drive is failing or not

Using a tool to monitor the SMART status of the hard drive will tell you a lot quicker then using chkdsk. This rings true of the windows world as well.

SMARTtools and SMARTReporter would be my two OS X recommends, HDTune would be my windows recommend.