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From: elund@pro-graphics.cts.com (Eric Lund)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Hard drive problem (SPINRITE II)
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Date: 24 Feb 90 09:56:12 GMT
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>> As for Norton's Disk Doctor, it's worse.  Where as Spinrite II gave me new
>> space, Norton methodically marked every one of my sectors bad.  However, it
>> performs well on floppy media, reconstructing boots et al.
> 
> Were you, perhaps, keeping your machine on its side? This can cause
> hard disk problems in recognizing the physical format. Also, NDD and
> Spinrite do different things: NDD doesn't do a reformat, but just
> marks sectors bad; Spinrite will give you a new physical format. I've
> been happy with both, and use them both now.

I've had my machine in various positions over the years.  I haven't noticed a
performance change in any position, although I agree that a side stand could
cause problems.    I don't know why NDD didn't like my hard disk, but I really
couldn't trust it.  EVERY sector marked bad?  Perhaps it just didn't like my
hard drive.  However, I can't see what's different with a Seagate ST-251-1.

Eric

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