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Date:      Sat, 4 Jan 2003 15:23:57 +0300
From:      "Denis N. Peplin" <info@volginfo.ru>
To:        Andreas Ntaflos <ant@overclockers.at>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Saving a partially rotting IBM DTLA-307030 Harddisk
Message-ID:  <200301041523.57357.info@volginfo.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20030102162648.GA22880@Deadcell.ant>
References:  <20030102162648.GA22880@Deadcell.ant>

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On Thursday 02 January 2003 19:26, Andreas Ntaflos wrote:
> Hello list,
>
>   I've got the following problem which I hope someone could help me with:
> One of my boxes running FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE has an IBM DTLA-307030 (30GB)
> which worked very well for more than 2 years now, but I think it starts
> rotting away according the following:
>
<skipped>
>   As can be seen, the data in that affected area is virtually lost, but
>   luckily not very important. So my question is, what can I do to get
>   the disk fully operational again? Some time ago I read that writing
> binary zeroes there could be used as some kind of low-level-format to get
> rid of the bad sectors. If this would be of any use, how would I accomplish
> to dd /dev/zero to just that specific part of the disk, leaving the rest
> intact? Is that possible at all? Or are there any other ways to solve that
> problem, apart from buying a new disk or low-level-formating the whole
> thing?

Try "Drive Fitness Test", 
http://www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/support/download.htm

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