hard drive sector testing on Ubuntu

[lazer100]

On 29-Sep-12 21:18:28 Rashkae wrote:
>On 09/29/2012 02:09 AM, Nils Kassube wrote:

>And finally, this whole methology has been deprecated for almost a 
>decade.  Sector testing should be handled transparently by the drive 
>firware.  Use smartctl to examine the results (or initiate a full test.) 

apologies for the delays, but I have now tried this, 
but the drive doesnt seem compatible, I got the following output:

$ 
$ 
$ sudo smartctl --all /dev/sdc
[sudo] password for *******: 
smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce
Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

Device: TOSHIBA  MK1059GSM        Version: 0100
Device type: disk
Local Time is: Wed Oct 10 12:38:08 2012 BST
Device does not support SMART

Error Counter logging not supported
Device does not support Self Test logging
$ 
$ 

I bought this drive in 2011.