larry@boris.webo.dg.com ( Larry Rogers) (06/06/91)
I have a sloooooooow sector on my hard disk. I'll go to get a file using the sector and the disk will flash for a few seconds and then the file will suddenly appear after a few seconds (sometimes about 30). Anyway, I want to mark the sector or cluster as bad. PCTOOLS will only do this if its diskfix program determines a cluster is bad. However, all the slow sector does is slow the surface scan, which says the sector is good, no matter how long it takes to read it. Anyway, is there a program, preferable PD or shareware that can mark a sector/cluster on a hard disk as bad in the fat. Thanx, -- Larry Rogers larry@boris.webo.dg.com
dave@tygra.Michigan.COM (David Conrad) (06/10/91)
In article <LARRY.91Jun5174705@boris.webo.dg.com> larry@boris.webo.dg.com ( Larry Rogers) writes: > >I have a sloooooooow sector on my hard disk. I'll go to get a file >using the sector and the disk will flash for a few seconds and then >the file will suddenly appear after a few seconds (sometimes about >30). Anyway, I want to mark the sector or cluster as bad. PCTOOLS >will only do this if its diskfix program determines a cluster is bad. >However, all the slow sector does is slow the surface scan, which >says the sector is good, no matter how long it takes to read it. > >Anyway, is there a program, preferable PD or shareware that can >mark a sector/cluster on a hard disk as bad in the fat. > >Thanx, > >-- >Larry Rogers >larry@boris.webo.dg.com Norton Utilities can do this, either via the DT-Disk Test program using the /Cn Mark Cluster n as Bad switch, or from the FAT editor in the NU program. At least, Norton Utilities 4.5 Advanced Edition can do this. If you are using 5.0 I suggest you upgrade to 4.5 right away. :-) Disclaimer: Not affiliated with Peter Norton Computing, just a satisfied user of Norton Utilities. -- David R. Conrad dave@michigan.com -- = CAT-TALK Conferencing Network, Computer Conferencing and File Archive = - 1-313-343-0800, 300/1200/2400/9600 baud, 8/N/1. New users use 'new' - = as a login id. AVAILABLE VIA PC-PURSUIT!!! (City code "MIDET") = E-MAIL Address: dave@Michigan.COM