Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 17:53:57 +0200 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org '" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Disk Docter Like? Message-ID: <20011027175357.A4988@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <46AEB8C1B628D511969200508B6FE42A6686E8@1upmc-msx6.isdip.upmc.edu>; from personrp@ccbh.com on Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 11:18:31AM -0400 References: <46AEB8C1B628D511969200508B6FE42A6686E8@1upmc-msx6.isdip.upmc.edu>
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All disk manafacturers (at least of the disks I use) have downloadable free disk testers. Look on their website, usually somewhere under the "support" section. They will usually need a DOS bootable disk to run on. They may even allow you to do a low-level format which may make your disk re-usable again (altough the data will go of course). Worth a try ! -- Regards Cliff On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 11:18:31AM -0400, Person, Roderick wrote: > Just what I was afraid of. It must be close to going because the 4.4 kernel > will not boot this drive. Better start backing up I guess. Thanks > > Rod. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lowell Gilbert > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Sent: 10/27/2001 10:39 AM > > Subject: Re: Disk Docter Like? > > > > roddierod@hotpop.com (Rod Person) writes: > > > > > I have a harddrive that is starting to die on me. There are some bad > > sectors in the fat. I hardware friend of mine tells me that norton disk > > doctor will fix that. > > > Is there anything in the FreeBSD/unix world like it? > > > > No. There used to be, but for a number of years now, drives have done > > their own bad-sector remapping, without telling the OS about it. > > After a while, they may run out of space in their bad sector tables, > > and start reporting the failures to the OS. By that point, though, > > it's time to get a new hard drive. > > > > Make sure you have several good backups. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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