Maybe simply run the debug utility supplied with DOS and at the prompt
enter this:
G=C800:5
Normally, all the necessary tools to check and mark bad blocks are
accessible by this way. However, you will have to encode manually the
HDD specifications (heads, sectors, etc.)
On 26/09/2017 20:08, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote:
Hi,
trying to check some MFM drives I have on my shelf.
Have an IBM PC AT, with an WD1003 controller in it.
So, what is the best(?) or easiest piece of software,
to format the drives, check for bad blocks, etc.?
I think I remember something like "ontrack" for doing it,
but didn't touch PCs for a while ...
Ideas? Links?
Thanks!
