On 12/10/2008 02:57 PM, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: I need a good program to test the HDD. Does > Ubuntu have one in the repos? I'll search apt to see if I find > anything. Later. > Download and burn Ultimateboot to a CD: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ Also, in the repos (universe): sudo apt-get testdisk http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk