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Subject: Re: verifying disks
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Date: Mon, 4-Aug-86 16:14:33 EDT
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> Does anyone have a program or a way of verifying that all the
> tracks and sectors (ie the formatting) of a disk are OK?  I
> don't want to reformat a disk, just check it.
> 
> I don't have "disked" which sounds like it might be capable of
> doing what I need.  I gather that only "developers" can get disked.
> 
> Any help will be appreciated.
> 
> Marnix A. van Ammers
> {ihnp4}!ptsfa!pttesac!vanam
> -- 

I have found that running "Disk Doctor" on a freshly formatted disk can
be quite informative. I found a bad disk that way, as in "Block is unreadable."
Even though you aren't a developer check the "c" directory of the workbench
it may be there anyway (thats df0:c from the CLI window).

--Chuck