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From: wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (William A Warner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A3000 2nd HD update
Keywords: 3000,hd,hard disk,help
Message-ID: <1991Mar8.173549.14675@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 91 17:35:49 GMT
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In article <1991Mar8.171901.13286@en.ecn.purdue.edu> wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (William A Warner) writes:
>#3   This is just a reminder when formatting.  use the "quick ffs" option
>   when formatting HD's.  It not only saves you LOTS of time, but will
>   allow you to format a HD that has some bad blocks in it that can be
>   mapped off later by using "verify data".  This allows you to still 
>   use the good blocks of a otherwise bad HD.
>
You should "verify data" before you format.  But, doing so after a format will
not destroy the contents of that partition anyway.  This tool is good to use
if you suspect bad data/HD etc or if you get GURUS or corrupted data messages
more than usual.  (one corrupted data message is too many for me!)

-- 
Art Warner
wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu
Amiga makes it happen.......IBM, Mac, Sun, and Next make it expensive!