sm196103@seas.gwu.edu (Scott Cherkofsky) (02/11/91)
I have been having problems lately with high density disks formatting. They are coming out with initialization failed errors. The reason I reformatted them in the first place was to combat the copy error - file skipped, read/write error. I am looking for an application that will fix these diskettes. I have tried using disk first aid but get the error - disk not hfs. That is stupid, and tells me that somewhere there is a bad sector and the Mac does know what to do about it. WHY CAN'T THE MAC TREAT BAD SECTORS LIKE OTHER COMPUTERS - LABEL IT AND DON'T USE IT! sorry bout that, but this has happened to lots of my EXPENSIVE HD disks. Scott P.S. it is NOT my drive. Thanx for your help. -- Scott Cherkofsky "The experience of going through sm196103@seas.GWU.edu life may be intended as a warning Mechanical Engineering student not to do it again." Executive Office of the President -- Ashleigh Brilliant
fmidgley@bird.Princeton.EDU (Frank Murray Midgley) (02/15/91)
There is a very handy INIT called BAD that does exactly this. Once the Finder fails to initialize the disk, BAD puts up a second dialog asking you to reinsert the disk. It will block out all bad sectors and leave you with a very usable disk. The program is shareware, I think, and should be available from sumex. -- /-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | fmidgley@phoenix.princeton.edu | This space left blank due to a lack | | | | | "Your fault -- core dumped." | of imagination. So sue me. | \-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/
clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) (02/18/91)
In article <6277@idunno.Princeton.EDU> fmidgley@bird.Princeton.EDU (Frank Murray Midgley) writes: >There is a very handy INIT called BAD that does exactly this. >. It will block out all bad sectors and leave you with a very usable >disk. I can't figure out why something like BAD is needed in the Mac world at all. Whenever a disk of mine fails to format in the Finder, I just send it back to the manufacturer, who is more than happy to replace it with a new one. Why would anyone need to format such a disk, as opposed to just replacing it for free? A related matter: There was a lot of talk a while ago about buying bulk disks and the pricing thereof. The prevailing sentiment was: "If I pay $.79 per HD disk, and half of them go bad, I'm paying $1.48 per disk, not $.79!" If any of my $.79 disks go bad I return them, paying a nominal postage charge, and recieve new disks. My cost per disk rises by pennies. Surely I'm not the only person to think of taking advantage of the "Lifetime warranty" that is touted in _every_ disk ad I have ever seen. So, what is the deal? chaz -- Someone please release me from this trance. clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu AOL:Crowbone