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From: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Bad Sectors on diskettes?
Keywords: application to fix bad sectors other than disk first aid?
Message-ID: <3291@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Date: 17 Feb 91 21:57:45 GMT
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In article <6277@idunno.Princeton.EDU> fmidgley@bird.Princeton.EDU (Frank Murray Midgley) writes:
>There is a very handy INIT called BAD that does exactly this.  
>.  It will block out all bad sectors and leave you with a very usable
>disk. 

I can't figure out why something like BAD is needed in the Mac world at all.
Whenever a disk of mine fails to format in the Finder, I just send it back to 
the manufacturer, who is more than happy to replace it with a new one.
Why would anyone need to format such a disk, as opposed to just replacing it 
for free?

A related matter:  There was a lot of talk a while ago about buying bulk disks
and the pricing thereof.  The prevailing sentiment was:
  "If I pay $.79 per HD disk, and half of them go bad, I'm paying $1.48 per
   disk, not $.79!"

If any of my $.79 disks go bad I return them, paying a nominal postage charge,
and recieve new disks.  My cost per disk rises by pennies.

Surely I'm not the only person to think of taking advantage of the "Lifetime
warranty" that is touted in _every_ disk ad I have ever seen.  So, what is the
deal?

chaz





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