Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:25:41 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> To: Joe S <js.lists@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk errors Message-ID: <1128385541.653.1.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> In-Reply-To: <43416EF8.5030808@gmail.com> References: <1128112317.678.18.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> <43416EF8.5030808@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 13:48, Joe S wrote: > Mike Jeays wrote: > > I am getting one or two of these a day on a Western Digital 80GB disk > > Most drive manufacturers provide diagnostic tools for the drives they > produce. In this case, Western Digital provides a bootable diagnostic tool: > > * Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS (CD) > http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?swid=30 > > Burn the ISO to a CD and boot up the system with the CD. > Run the diagnostics. > > It's best to use the tool provided by the manufacturer of the drive you > have. UltimateBootCD includes most popular drive tools. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Thanks for the suggestion. I downloaded the ISO image, but it won't boot properly on my machine; it just says something about Caldera DR-DOS, and the screen goes blank. Maybe SCO has had its finger in the pie...
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