Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!explorer From: explorer@iastate.edu (Graff Michael L) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Optune eats my HD Summary: low-level formatter eats hard drives Keywords: optune crash ooops! Message-ID: Date: 13 Dec 90 01:14:00 GMT Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: usa Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 18 Every time I run optune to verify my disk hard disk, it destroys my boot sector. My controller believes it has a 1024 cyl by 8 head drive, which it does, but my BIOS thinks it only has a "type 1" drive: 306 cyl by 4 head. After selecting "verify drive" with "bit 3 test" option, my controller thinks it has a 306 x 4 drive also! Are there any drive utilities that will not verify but not destroy my hard drive? Also, does anyone have a boot track backup utility? :) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Graff, Student at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. explorer@iastate.edu ga.mlg@isumvs.bitnet gamlg@ccvax.iastate.edu