Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:08:57 -0600 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> Subject: Re: Testing/repairing IDE drive Message-ID: <200504010808.58032.josh@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <200504010325.j313P6vJ041793@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <200504010325.j313P6vJ041793@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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On Thursday 31 March 2005 21:25, Olivier Nicole wrote: > Hi > > Hi have an IDE drive (bit old) that is starting to develop bad > blocks. > > Is there a tool to scan the disk and reassign/block (I don't care > loosing some space on that disk) the bad bocks? > > > Best regards, > > Olivier Most manufacturers have utilities on their website that you can download and put onto a floppy. Generally this floppy is bootable and will perform diagnostics on the drive. -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel
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