Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mcnc!ecsvax!mvolo From: mvolo@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: hard disk going bad Summary: Certainly tryw level at Keywords: st251,disk rot Message-ID: <5413@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> Date: 25 Sep 88 01:53:46 GMT References: <16941@vax5.CCS.CORNELL.EDU> Distribution: comp Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service Lines: 14 You certainly should try low lvel reformatting (after backing up). The bac sectors might not realybe bad -just head/track mis-align- ment, which can happ over tim. Algh I have nt used SpinRite, many net members have testified that they can low level reformat on th fly, without losing dat. I did have an ST22"refurbished by Everex -they sent me an older drive which workd but had 112k of bad secto! Michael R. Volow 919 286 0411, page beeper #550 Dept. of Psychiatry mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP Durham Vet Admin Medical Center Durham, N.C. 27705