Re: Testing/repairing IDE drive

2005-04-01 Thread Josh Paetzel
On Thursday 31 March 2005 21:25, Olivier Nicole wrote:
 Hi

 Hi have an IDE drive (bit old) that is starting to develop bad
 blocks.

 Is there a tool to scan the disk and reassign/block (I don't care
 loosing some space on that disk) the bad bocks?


 Best regards,

 Olivier

Most manufacturers have utilities on their website that you can 
download and put onto a floppy.  Generally this floppy is bootable 
and will perform diagnostics on the drive.

-- 
Thanks,

Josh Paetzel
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Testing/repairing IDE drive

2005-03-31 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi

Hi have an IDE drive (bit old) that is starting to develop bad blocks.

Is there a tool to scan the disk and reassign/block (I don't care
loosing some space on that disk) the bad bocks?


Best regards,

Olivier
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