From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 26 08:51:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2465316A41F for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:51:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from smtp2.suscom.net (smtp2.suscom.net [64.78.83.231]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B31AB43D49 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:51:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from localhost (smtp2.suscom.net [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE6321CDF4E for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 04:40:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp2.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp2 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with SMTP id 20559-01 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 04:39:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from seibercom.net (ip148.217.susc.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp2.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id DBF801CDD7A for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 04:39:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.2] ([192.168.0.2]) by seibercom.net (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j8Q8otbx079142 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 04:50:55 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 04:50:57 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: gerard@seibercom.net Organization: Seibercom.net In-Reply-To: <4337B0F8.4000809@locolomo.org> References: <4337B0F8.4000809@locolomo.org> Message-Id: <20050926044424.B0D1.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.22.02 [en] Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at suscom.net Subject: Re: Complete format X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:51:02 -0000 On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:27:36 +0200, Erik Norgaard Subject: Complete format Wrote these words of wisdom: > Hi, >=20 > A month ago I started getting problems with a disk, and bought a new on= e=20 > to save as much data as posible. Now, I'd like to try to do a thorough=20 > format of the old disk to clear any disk errors and see if this may mak= e=20 > it usable. >=20 > Is there a program that can analyse marking bad sectors unusable and=20 > true format the disk? >=20 > Thanks, Erik >=20 ***** REPLY SEPARATOR ***** On 9/26/2005 4:44:24 AM, Gerard Seibert Replied: Gibson Research has a program called 'SpinRite'. It can analyse a HD and attempt to repair, or if that is not possible, lock out any bad sectors. It will create a bootup CD or disk that you use for the operation. The best way to run the program would be to first use the basic format program that came with your your OS. You might consider running fdisk /mbr prior to running the format program. It will rebuild the master boot record. I actually needed to do that one to get a disk to book correctly. Then, after the format program, run the SpinRite program to complete the operation. Run SpinRite at level 5, the highest one, for the most complete checkup. HTH