Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!hsi!genly!chris From: chris@genly.UUCP (Chris Hind Genly) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: What do you do about a trashed hard disk? Summary: Diskdoctor seems to be pointless Message-ID: Date: 20 Aug 90 19:59:41 GMT Organization: Eggplant Software Tools., New Haven, Ct. Lines: 37 My disk was just clobbered again. I ran diskdoctor and was notified of unreadable files, blocks used twice, and duplicate keys. Yet in the end the disk could not be validated. If diskdoctor can't fix the disk sufficiently so the disk can be validated, then whats the point of diskdoctor? I don't think the disk is as in bad a shape as diskdoctor says. In the past I have made a backup of the hard disk after it went bad, reformatted and reloaded and everything was fine. Is there anything I can do besides reformat? Is there something better than diskdoctor? I've heard that disksalv is better. But it doesn't work on hard disks. Is there anyway to minimize the risk of trashing the disk when running a program known to be unstable. Perhaps: - Reduce the number of buffers - No other processes running and using the disk. - Run out of the ram disk, so nothing will be flushed to the hard disk? (I'm getting tired of reloading my disk. The problem is caused by a program I'm developing which occasionally runs away. When I first heard of the Amiga and its unprotected memory, I was horrified. After a while I got used to the idea. Its FAR better the MSDOS on an IBM PC. Its days like these that I lean towards the horrified side again.) * * * \|/ * _______ --O-- ____/ KC1VP \____ * /|\ * _____________/ (203) 389-8680 \_______________ ______/ 95 Fountain Terr., New Haven, CT, USA, 06515 \_______ / Chris Hind Genly chris@genly.uucp uunet!hsi!genly!chris \ ----------------------------------------------------------------