etxsral@tnetxa.ericsson.se (Lars Nilsson, ERICSSON TELECOM, SWEDEN) (09/22/90)
I have a Western Digital ESDI controller: WD1007A-WA2.
I have understand that this controller can't read the bad-sector
information that is stored on the harddisk.
Does this controller destroy the bad-sector info under low-level
formatting or is the info 'protected' ?
Is there an utility program that can read the bad-sector info and
use it when l-l formatting ?
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ETXSRAL at LMES pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) (09/22/90)
In article <19219@tnetxa.ericsson.se> etxsral@tnetxa.ericsson.se (Lars Nilsson, ERICSSON TELECOM, SWEDEN) writes:
=I have a Western Digital ESDI controller: WD1007A-WA2.
=
=I have understand that this controller can't read the bad-sector
=information that is stored on the harddisk.
True.
=Does this controller destroy the bad-sector info under low-level
=formatting or is the info 'protected' ?
??? I just copied the table that was on the HD.
Pete
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Internet: pjh@mccc.edu Trenton Computer Festival -- 4/20-21/91etxsral@tnetxa.ericsson.se (Lars Nilsson, ERICSSON TELECOM, SWEDEN) (09/25/90)
In article <1990Sep22.141538.5608@mccc.uucp>, pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) writes: > In article <19219@tnetxa.ericsson.se> etxsral@tnetxa.ericsson.se (Lars Nilsson, ERICSSON TELECOM, SWEDEN) writes: > =I have a Western Digital ESDI controller: WD1007A-WA2. > > =Does this controller destroy the bad-sector info under low-level > =formatting or is the info 'protected' ? > > ??? I just copied the table that was on the HD. > Ehh.. Can you explain that a little more. ---- Lars Nilsson Ericsson Telecom AB , Sweden Phone: + 46 (8) 719 7308 Fax: + 46 (8) 645 60 76 INTERNET: etxsral@tnetxa.ericsson.se FIDONET : Lars Nilsson at 2:201/108.7 Ericsson Corporate Network: VAX-MAIL: TNETXA::ETXSRAL MEMO: ERI.ETX.ETXSRAL IBM : ETXSRAL at LMEL ETXSRAL at LMES
pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) (09/25/90)
In article <19344@tnetxa.ericsson.se> etxsral@tnetxa.ericsson.se (Lars Nilsson, ERICSSON TELECOM, SWEDEN) writes: =In article <1990Sep22.141538.5608@mccc.uucp>, pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) writes: => In article <19219@tnetxa.ericsson.se> etxsral@tnetxa.ericsson.se (Lars Nilsson, ERICSSON TELECOM, SWEDEN) writes: => =I have a Western Digital ESDI controller: WD1007A-WA2. => => =Does this controller destroy the bad-sector info under low-level => =formatting or is the info 'protected' ? => => ??? I just copied the table that was on the HD. => = =Ehh.. Can you explain that a little more. Sure. When I unpacked the drive, I photocopied the top; it had the printed bad block table. Later, I used the "enter the bad block table by hand" command from the WD1007 BIOS. Pete -- Prof. Peter J. Holsberg Mercer County Community College Voice: 609-586-4800 Engineering Technology, Computers and Math UUCP:...!princeton!mccc!pjh 1200 Old Trenton Road, Trenton, NJ 08690 Internet: pjh@mccc.edu Trenton Computer Festival -- 4/20-21/91