Hi, I ran the badblocks command again and it found 78150744 bad blocks. How do I remove it? can i do so by formatting d disk in windows?
Robin 2008/9/16 Robin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ya, dats cud be a problem bcoz d UPS of my comp does not work. So when d > current goes the comp shuts down which may lead to these problems. But cant > I remove these badblocks? > > There is no way to remove these badblocks? Is replacement necessary? > > Robin > > 2008/9/16 Sharad Birmiwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Robin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > Yester day I ran the above command , it threw a lot of numbers at me. I >> > think these are probably the badblocks. But how do I remove them? >> > >> >> Good. Seems like we are getting somewhere. My experience with HDDs >> tells me that you don't remove them. The number of badblocks will only >> grow. Take backup of as much data as you can and get yourself a new >> HDD. If I were in your position, I would stop using the disk >> immediately. >> >> >> Sharad >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Robin Paul > > Permanent Address: > 1469, Poorvanchal Complex > J.N.U Campus > New Delhi - 110067 > Phone:011-26741386 > e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mobile No. - 9968047983 > > -- Robin Paul Permanent Address: 1469, Poorvanchal Complex J.N.U Campus New Delhi - 110067 Phone:011-26741386 e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mobile No. - 9968047983 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- group http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
