Re: Trimming away bad sectors...

["Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage@peaknet.net>]

On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 17:03 -0600, mike808@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> > After I've got all partition images
> > safely onto the large drive array, I'm going to haul out my new hard
> > drive toy and do a low level re-format of that 48G drive. It'll map out
> > any bad sectors it finds, and re-certify it to "like new" condition.
> > Some time tomorrow night I should be ready for a bare metal restoration.
> 
> Hey, can I borrow your toy when you're done? I've got this drive with a
> similar problem. It's a WD 120GB less than a year old, so I have no idea why it's getting hard read errors being of recent vintage.

Sure thing. When you've got everything safely tucked away on another
system (which will probably be FULL!), we can get together at Steve &
Kara's store. A low-level re-format, bad sector map out, and
recertification of a 120G hard drive will probably take about six hours.

--Doc


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