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weberc2
Asked: 2012-06-12 10:23:22 +0800 CST

How can I check my filesystem with the new Disks 3.4.1?

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Disks 3.4.1 (aka palimpsest, gnome-disk-utility, or Disk Utility) underwent a huge UI change, and I can't find something comparable to the old "check filesystem" button in its UI. Where can I find this?

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  1. Best Answer

    Note: Users of Ubuntu 12.04 Precise will not experience this issue because Disks 3.4.1 is only available via PPA or in the next Ubuntu release, 12.10 Quantal.

    • Disks 3.3+ is a complete rewrite of the old gnome-disk-utility (aka Palimpsest). It no longer appears to include an option to check filesystems:

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    • Use GParted to check filesystems instead. Select the partition you want to check, click on Partition...Check in the menu:

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    • The operation will be added to the list. Click on the Apply button to start the check:

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  2. As I was unable to find this functionality, I found the following workaround provided the same end result for my purposes:

    Run fsck /dev/sda2 in a terminal window (in which /dev/sda2 is the path to whichever filesystem you'd like to check).

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