GNU/Linux specific hdd software : hdparm, smartctl, dd etc

[rzr]

Hi,
Just curious what software are you using on linux , for hdd diagnostics and recovering ...

Any hdparm users around , i'd like to use it to unlock a disk ..

[gilmoudir]

the best for me is : testdisk, very simple console software.
you can install it with this command : sudo apt-get install testdisk
my HD contains many bad sectors and cant' be mount (neither on windows nor on linux), testdisk can recover files without mounting it.

[guru]

80% of my software is coded c++ for Linux. Very stable and good access for driver source code :O)

[rzr]

I was wondering is there a low level ata utility like MHDD, looks like hdparm can not as much