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From: andrews@cos.com (Andrew R. Scholnick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Finding Bad Blocks On HD
Keywords: BAD BLOCKS
Message-ID: <16611@cos.com>
Date: 4 Apr 89 13:43:29 GMT
Organization: Corporation for Open Systems, McLean, VA
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I am posting this to both comp.sys.amiga and
comp.sys.amiga.tech since it is a technical question
which someone non-technical with a HD might have
previously found a solution for. (that's for the
amiga.tech readers who question double-postings;-)

Has anyone out there seen anything which will
read a Hard disk and 'Save' the bad blocks to a 
file -or- add them to the bad-block-list on the disk 
and get them out of the way?  I have had a few pop up on 
my C-Ltd. 33MB drive and It will not map them out!?!
I have tried a complete recertification of the disk
at the lowest level, re-partitioned it after that,
re-formatted it after that (Amiga's format and C-Ltd's),
re-loaded my data from backup, and STILL HAD
THE SAME BAD BLOCKS!?!  AmigaDOS seems to be finding
problems missed by the C-Ltd formatter...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

ARS.
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