Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 19:02:33 +0430 From: "Lee Harr" <missive@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: clearing a drive Message-ID: <BAY2-F33WhlEqwdD8sM000c5e34@hotmail.com>
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> I've got a corrupted drive which i am unable now to clear. Whenever i >try to fdisk it then relabel it i get an error that partition c does not >cover the entire disk and that this might interfere with system utilities. >I've tried: >dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad1 bs=512 count=1 >and various combinations thereof, without success. If I have any questions about whether the disk is usable, I usually go to the manufacturer's disk tools. Sometimes called a "low level" format, or disk diagnostic. Usually, they have a DOS based tool that you download from their website and it will be able to test and reformat the drive. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
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