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Best way to check for bad sectors on brand new disks?
Posted: 12 Nov 2025, 04:57
by elhefegaming
I'm getting a F4-212 and 4 8tb hard drives; but before I start to use the NAS I want to do a comprehensive check on the disks.
What's the best approach to this? Can you run badblocks on the 4 disks simultanously?
Thanks!
Re: Best way to check for bad sectors on brand new disks?
Posted: 12 Nov 2025, 09:34
by TMzethar
Regarding HDD bad block detection tools, you can refer to this：
https://www.jihosoft.com/free-utilities ... ctors.html
Re: Best way to check for bad sectors on brand new disks?
Posted: 14 Nov 2025, 04:12
by elhefegaming
Most if not all those apps are windows based. Isn't there a way to use the NAS to fully check the disks?
Re: Best way to check for bad sectors on brand new disks? [SOLVED]
Posted: 14 Nov 2025, 09:30
by TMzethar
Bad sector scanning, benchmarking, and S.M.A.R.T testing can be performed on TOS. When installing TOS, you can choose Custom installation to prevent the system from automatically creating storage pools and volumes temporarily. This allows you to smoothly run these tests in Control Panel - Hard Drive - Hard Drive.
Re: Best way to check for bad sectors on brand new disks?
Posted: 14 Nov 2025, 11:05
by elhefegaming
Thank you so much, I have to admit this is the fastest tech support i've ever seen :p