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From: jallen@csserv2.ic.sunysb.edu (Joseph Allen)
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Subject: Can you turn ECC off for badtrk?
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Date: 15 May 91 00:48:21 GMT
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Can you turn the error correction circuits off on a hard disk (IDE and/or ESDI
specifically) while 'badtrk' is being run?  This would make the bad tracking a
bit more successful.

I know on old SASI stand alone disk controllers this was possible but I don't
know much about the software interface for PC hard drives.
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