Testing/repairing IDE drive

[Josh Paetzel]

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.

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Thanks,

Josh Paetzel