On Mar 25, 12:51 pm, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: > At 9:17 AM -0700 3/25/2009, Al Poulin wrote: > > >Bad sectors (blocks) get mapped out on the fly during normal > >read/write operations. > > Correct.
So, unlike the advice of 5 -10 years ago, we no longer need to map out bad blocks in an entire hard drive every two or three years just to reduce risk of problems. Many thanks, Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---