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From: dave@tygra.Michigan.COM (David Conrad)
Subject: Re: Bad Sector Marker
Organization: CAT-TALK Conferencing System, Detroit, MI
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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 91 10:37:04 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Jun10.103704.7357@tygra.Michigan.COM>
References: <LARRY.91Jun5174705@boris.webo.dg.com>

In article <LARRY.91Jun5174705@boris.webo.dg.com> larry@boris.webo.dg.com ( Larry Rogers) writes:
>
>I have a sloooooooow sector on my hard disk.  I'll go to get a file
>using the sector and the disk will flash for a few seconds and then
>the file will suddenly appear after a few seconds (sometimes about
>30).  Anyway, I want to mark the sector or cluster as bad.  PCTOOLS
>will only do this if its diskfix program determines a cluster is bad.
>However, all the slow sector does is slow the surface scan, which
>says the sector is good, no matter how long it takes to read it.
>
>Anyway, is there a program, preferable PD or shareware that can
>mark a sector/cluster on a hard disk as bad in the fat.
>
>Thanx,
>
>--
>Larry Rogers        
>larry@boris.webo.dg.com

Norton Utilities can do this, either via the DT-Disk Test program using the
/Cn  Mark Cluster n as Bad switch, or from the FAT editor in the NU program.

At least, Norton Utilities 4.5 Advanced Edition can do this.  If you are
using 5.0 I suggest you upgrade to 4.5 right away.  :-)

Disclaimer: Not affiliated with Peter Norton Computing, just a satisfied
user of Norton Utilities.
--
David R. Conrad
dave@michigan.com
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