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From: JAH4@psuvm.psu.edu (JEFFREY A. HAMMAN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Disks: marking bad sectors?
Message-ID: <91014.100225JAH4@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 14 Jan 91 15:02:25 GMT
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In article <1991Jan11.053022.17872@wolves.uucp>, ggw%wolves@cs.duke.edu (Gregory
G. Woodbury) says:
>
>Is there a simple program or technique or utility set that allows one to
>scan the medium for bad sectors and make them as used or link them into
>a file so that they no longer get in the way.  I am aware of 1st Aid Kit
>and some others to recover files with bad sectors, but I didn't see any
>options to eliminate the bad sectors from future use.
>
        The Sector Collector program (Not 1st Aid itself) part of the
        Kit allows for this specifically.  It collects all the bad
        sectors and places them into a file so you do not write data
        onto these.  It works quite well.

                                           Jeffrey Hamman   jah4@psuvm
                                           Microcomputer Systems Consultant
                                           Penn State University