Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 04:50:57 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Complete format Message-ID: <20050926044424.B0D1.GERARD@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <4337B0F8.4000809@locolomo.org> References: <4337B0F8.4000809@locolomo.org>
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On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:27:36 +0200, Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> Subject: Complete format Wrote these words of wisdom: > Hi, >=20 > A month ago I started getting problems with a disk, and bought a new on= e=20 > to save as much data as posible. Now, I'd like to try to do a thorough=20 > format of the old disk to clear any disk errors and see if this may mak= e=20 > it usable. >=20 > Is there a program that can analyse marking bad sectors unusable and=20 > true format the disk? >=20 > Thanks, Erik >=20 ***** REPLY SEPARATOR ***** On 9/26/2005 4:44:24 AM, Gerard Seibert Replied: Gibson Research <grc.com> has a program called 'SpinRite'. It can analyse a HD and attempt to repair, or if that is not possible, lock out any bad sectors. It will create a bootup CD or disk that you use for the operation. The best way to run the program would be to first use the basic format program that came with your your OS. You might consider running fdisk /mbr prior to running the format program. It will rebuild the master boot record. I actually needed to do that one to get a disk to book correctly. Then, after the format program, run the SpinRite program to complete the operation. Run SpinRite at level 5, the highest one, for the most complete checkup. HTH
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