Does any tool(s) exist that can properly detect if a hdd is failing?

Open it up and take a look inside.

Can a car detect when a wheel is about to fall off?

>>61706807
Some can, yes.

Crystaldisk or anything that can read S.M.A.R.T.
For older drives you can use something like badblocks, spinright, etc.

>>61706807
Not the car itself but you can take it to a shop and a mechanic can easily tell you

>>61706777
[I] sys-apps/smartmontools
Available versions: 6.4 (~)6.4-r1 (~)6.5 **9999 {caps minimal selinux static update_drivedb}
Installed versions: 6.5(07:57:08 AM 04/05/2017)(-caps -minimal -selinux -static -update_drivedb)
Homepage: https://www.smartmontools.org
Description: Tools to monitor storage systems to provide advanced warning of disk degradation

>>61706790
fpbp

now delet dis

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46KB, 418x409px

when you format your hdd it loses all the bad sectors list?

>>61706777
HDD Sentinel for windows is neat
GSmartControl for GNU/Linux is a nice GUI for smartctl

S.M.A.R.T is pretty good at it.