What about "SMART" ("S.M.A.R.T.") status and functionality? Shouldn't the drive's built-in SMART routines map out bad blocks? If they do, will the Surface Scan still try to read those blocks?
BTW, is "Tech Tools Deluxe" really "TechTool Pro", or is it a different program I haven't encoountered yet? - Aaron >Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:34:52 -0700 (PDT) >From: gifutiger <gifuti...@gmail.com> > >Greetings ( + )!( + ) > >What you describe is exatly the same that I was having. >Used Tech Tools Deluxe "Surface Scan" on my 320Gb drive (took about 12 >Hrs.) and the report was "Failed - Bad Blocks" so I've laid that disk >to rest RIP and have ordered a new drive. > >If you have Tech Tools Deluxe run the "Surface Scan" you will be >surprised what it will find. > >Cheers > > - Harry - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---