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Use crosh in chromeos to do short SMART test of ssd/hdd and extensive bad-blocks surface scan of entire drive (for flex or non-flex chromeos)
### chromeos has storage_test_1 and storage_test_2 to test drive (sdd or hdd)
### Hit ctrl-alt-T then at crosh prompt type:
crosh> storage_test_1 --help
storage_test_1
Performs a short offline SMART test.(Always takes just 1 minute.)
crosh>
Welcome to crosh, the ChromeOS developer shell.
If you got here by mistake, don't panic! Just close this tab and carry on.
Type 'help' for a list of commands.
If you want to customize the look/behavior, you can use the options page.
Load it by using the Ctrl-Shift-P keyboard shortcut.
crosh> storage_test_1
smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [x86_64-linux-6.6.56-05946-gde9195f5f448] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
Please wait 1 minutes for test to complete.
crosh> storage_test_2 --help
storage_test_2
Performs an extensive readability test.
crosh> storage_test_2 (This can tke long time, hours for a big hdd.)
Checking blocks 0 to 312571223
Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): 0.24% done, 0:08 elapsed. (0/0/0 errors)
... (the % done will update as test continues until done...)
done
Pass completed, 0 bad blocks found. (0/0/0 errors)
crosh>
=== System ===
--- System Info ---
Snapshot Time: 8/30/25, 12:00:01 AM EDT
Board Name: reven
Marketing Name:
CpuModel Name: AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Total Memory (kib): 4194304
Thread Count: 2
Cpu Max Clock Speed (kHz): 1400000
Version: 132.16093.0
Has Battery: true
--- Battery Charge Status ---
Battery State: kDischarging
Power Source: kAc
Power Time: 0 seconds
Current Now (mA): 6027
Chage Now (mAh): 216
--- Battery Health ---
Charge Full Now (mAh): 373
Charge Full Design (mAh): 374
Cycle Count: 0
Wear Percentage: 99
--- Memory Usage ---
Total Memory (kib): 4194304
Available Memory (kib): 2698380
Free Memory (kib): 2343632
--- Cpu Usage ---
Usage User (%): 31
Usage System (%): 19
Usage Free (%): 49
Avg Temp (C): 0
Current scaled frequency (kHz): 1399476
--- Test Routines ---
8/29/25, 10:46:55 PM - Memory - Started
8/29/25, 11:46:11 PM - Memory - Passed
=== Networking ===
--- Network Info ---
--- Test Routines ---
No routines of this type were run in the session.
--- Network Events ---
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