From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 20 04:40:45 2003 Return-Path: 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 839D016A4B3 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 04:40:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay1-f126.bay1.hotmail.com [65.54.245.126]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06DC743FBF for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 04:40:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dn300@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 04:40:44 -0700 Received: from 61.144.254.45 by by1fd.bay1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:40:44 GMT X-Originating-IP: [61.144.254.45] X-Originating-Email: [dn300@hotmail.com] From: "H B" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:40:44 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Sep 2003 11:40:44.0859 (UTC) FILETIME=[071618B0:01C37F6C] Subject: marking bad blocks on a hard disk drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:40:45 -0000 Hello, I saw some info about marking bad sectors on a hard disk at the address "http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-July/013737.html" I believe that it is from your organization? I'm having a bit of a problem with my hard disk, very much similar to the situation described by Mr. Andy Farkas. I was just wondering, may I ask for a little advice about something? Mr. Farkas mentioned that after running various formatters and scanners, he identified where the bad sectors were on the disk; what formatters or scanners can be used to do that? Because I've used ScanDisk and Norton's Disk Doctor to scan my drive (20GB, 2 equal partitions: C & D). During scanning, C drive is fine, but D drive, everytime when I scanned, about halfway through, my PC would simply hang. The same thing happens for both software: ScanDisk and Disk Doctor. I would be real appreciative to receive advice on possible solutions. Regards, Jen The text below is the info I found on the Web: ****************************************************************** Andy Farkas andyf at speednet.com.au Thu Jul 24 16:31:13 PDT 2003 Like others have said, your disk is dying and is untrustworthy for holding critical data. But no one has answered your question yet, so I will :) I also have a 8gig drive with bad blocks on it. I only use it on a scratch box for testing -current. I don't trust it at all, and will toss it in the bin as soon as it plays up again. After running various formatters and scanners, I identifyied where the bad sectors were on the disk, around the 6gig mark on mine. The bad section was about 20-30MB long. Knowing this, I can now setup partitions around the bad bit. I created a 5.5 gig partition 1, a 1 gig partition 2 (the bad bits), and 1.5 gig partition 3. Hope that helps. ****************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp