Hard Disk Problems Detected [Solved]

[phoenix_m5]

I installed Sabayon X xfce a couple days ago.
Everything has been running well, but I keep getting a pop-up notification reading:
"Hard Disk Problems Detected
A hard disk is reporting health problems".
There is a button labelled "Examine", but pressing it doesn't seem to do anything at all.

I ran cookbug, but I am not sure what to look for in the report.
Can somebody please help me?
thanks.

[elliptical_clocks]

Check to see if Gnome Disk Utility is installed. If not, then open a terminal and run the command, "sudo equo install gnome-disk-utility". Alternatively, you can search for the package in the Rigo application browser and install it from there.

Once Gnome Disk Utility is installed, run the program and check the status of your disk. If it says that your disk has a few bad sectors, then you should be alright for the time being, but eventually you'd need to replace your hard drive. If it says you have Many bad sectors, then you should backup your data and replace the disk as soon as possible, otherwise the drive could crash and you may lose your data.

Cheers

[phoenix_m5]

Thank you for the reply.
I had not known about Gnome Disk Utility.
After a short self-test, it looks like I have a few bad sectors. I am doing a longer self-test now. Hopefully it will come out similar.

But I still get annoying pop-ups telling me about my Hard Disk Health with an "Examine" button that does not work.
Any idea how to find out exactly what it doesn't like - just these bad sectors or maybe something else is causing it to send the warning?
And/or if there is a way to turn these notifications about hard disk off?

[elliptical_clocks]

Yes, there is a way to turn off the notifications.

Go to the Applications Menu > Settings > Session and Startup > Application Autostart.
Uncheck the box that corresponds to Disk Notifications. That will stop those notifications from coming up when you log in to your Xfce desktop.

To turn them off on your current session, go to Applications Menu > System > Task Manager.
Kill the process called 'gdu-notification-daemon'.