andrews@cos.com (Andrew R. Scholnick) (04/04/89)
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. -- - Andrew R. Scholnick @ Corp. for Open Systems, McLean, VA -- andrews@cos.com - {uunet, sundc, decuac}!cos!andrews -- Everything I write blame on me, NOT -- my employer. - "Adventure is when you toss your life on the scales of -- chance and wait for the pointer to stop." - M. Leinster (First Contact)