I picked up a couple of 2.5 inch hard drives at a garage sale. One is 80 GB and the other is 120 GB. The 80 GB drive was empty, so I quick formatted it and then did a full format, but I couldn't partition it afterwards; it just showed as unknown. The 120 GB drive had some games on it, but I only checked one animal video. I quick formatted that one too and added about 10 GB of my own files to see if it would transfer without issues, and luckily, it didn't corrupt. The drive is from 2009, and now I'm worried about potential viruses affecting my laptop, as I'm using Lubuntu. What precautionary measures should I take?
3 Answers
I recommend checking the SMART information of those drives before trusting them fully. You can use 'smartctl' on Linux to see things like current pending sector count and reallocated sector count. Anything above zero can indicate a faulty drive, so it’s worth taking a look.
If you're still having trouble with partitions, try using Diskpart in the command line. Run it as an admin, list your disks, select the problematic one, and delete any existing partitions. This can help you start fresh.
When transferring files, it's understandable to worry about corruption. In your case, the files transferred fine, so that’s a good sign! Just to be safe, consider scanning the drives for malware. Installing ClamAV as you mentioned is a good choice; it can help detect any issues you might not be aware of.
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