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From: bbaker@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bob Baker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Disk exerciser/bad block mapper
Message-ID: <11467@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 9 May 90 14:43:23 GMT
References: <11343@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Reply-To: bbaker@cbmvax (Bob Baker)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <11343@shlump.nac.dec.com> guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com writes:
> 
> find bad spots, then map them out some how?
> 
> I have an A2500 with A2090(a). One partition on the disk has a bad
> spot somewhere. I used DiskSalv to get all the files off it and then did an
> AmigaDOS FORMAT which returned with a (very informative) error:
> 
> 	Error during Formatting
> 
> I'd like to get some utility to find and map out bad spots to save me
> from backing up the rest of the 100MB's on the physical disk to do a 
> SCSI level format...
> 

 Free Spirit Software has just released a new utility called
 Doctor Ami...   which includes features like what you mentioned.

 Retail price is $49.95 I believe.


 -Bob

> 
> ---
> W. John Guineau   			guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com
> Digital Equipment Corporation
> Marlboro MA. 01752