vanam@pttesac.UUCP (Marnix van Ammers) (07/31/86)
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
-- cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (08/04/86)
> 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