It is a front-end for several filesystem checkers. fsck – Filesystem Consistency Checkįsck is a system utility used to check and optionally repair a Linux filesystem. In case you notice any unusual behavior from a computer hard disk or a particular partition, one of the first things you can always investigate is filesystem inconsistency or errors and there is no other better utility for performing this other than fsck.
In this article, we will review a mix of GUI and terminal based disk scanning utilities for Linux. Suggested Read: How to Repair and Defragment Linux Partitions There mainly two reasons for scanning a computer hard disk: one is to examine it for filesystem inconsistencies or errors that can result from persistent system crashes, improper closure of critical system software and more significantly by destructive programs (such as malware, viruses etc).Īnd another is to analyze its physical condition, where we can check a hard disk for bad sectors resulting from physical damage on the disk surface or failed memory transistor.
