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From: BSDjunkie <gooober33-freebsd@yahoo.com>
To: Tuc <tuc@ttsg.com>, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: IDE drive - "hard error reading fsbn..." - recoverable?
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You could try using SpinRite.

http://www.grc.com

It now works with all filesystems and is up to version
6.

Mark

--- Tuc <tuc@ttsg.com> wrote:

> > > 	Problem is, unless it fails the Dell Power on
> IDE test, they won't
> > > replace it. :-/  Guess I just keep backing it up
> until it fails totally.
> > 
> > Get a Dell diagnostic disk for your system, and
> run the hard drive test.  It 
> > ought to see the problems, which you can then
> report back to Dell in order to 
> > get them to do something.
> > 
> 	Sorry, I should have mentioned I used the BIOS
> based disk check and
> it passed. Maybe I do need to go to the more
> extensive one.
> 
> 	Thanks, Tuc
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