diskscan software package provides scan HDD/SSD for bad or near failure sectors, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install diskscan
diskscan is installed in your system.
Make ensure the diskscan package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep diskscan *
You will get with diskscan package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | diskscan |
| Version | 0.13-1 |
| Description | scan HDD/SSD for bad or near failure sectors |
| Sub Section | Utils |