aptitude install smartmontools

Check your IDE drive for SMART capabilities:

smartctl -i /dev/hda

Check your SATA drive wheter it has SMART enabled:

smartctl -i -d ata /dev/sda

Check health status of your drive:

smartctl -H -d ata /dev/sda

• http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Monitor_your_hard_disk(s)_with_smartmontools
• http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
• http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/BadBlockHowTo.txt