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Kenneth J. Hendrickson <k...@pollux.usc.edu>

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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