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Kenneth J. Hendrickson  
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 More options 26 Aug 1991, 19:54
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From: k...@pollux.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson)
Date: 26 Aug 91 17:33:51 GMT
Local: Mon 26 Aug 1991 18:33
Subject: Re: Bad blocks
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In article <1991Aug25.150414.6...@eng.umd.edu> voya...@eng.umd.edu (Gebran Krikor) writes:
>So, is there a program which will do a complete
>test of my hard drive and mark sectors bad, or do I need to write
>my own?

diskcheck will do a complete test of your hard drive.
badblocks will mark bad sectors.
        (by creating a file that "uses" these sectors).

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Ken Hendrickson N8DGN/6       k...@usc.edu      ...!uunet!usc!pollux!kjh


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