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How to Check a Hard Drive Health from the Command-Line

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===== Installing smartmontools ===== Before you can use ''smartctl'', you must install the ''smartmon... tools'' package. On most Linux distributions, you can install it via the package manager. For Ubuntu/D... === Running Tests on the Storage Device ===== You can perform different types of tests on your hard dri... long /dev/sda </code> After starting a test, you can check its progress with: <code bash> sudo smartct