Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!necntc!ames!sdcsvax!nosc!humu!uhccux!uhmanoa!sandy From: sandy@uhmanoa.UUCP (Sandy Phipps) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: bad sector maintenance Message-ID: <316@uhmanoa.UUCP> Date: 7 Dec 87 07:55:51 GMT Distribution: na Lines: 23 I would like to get information about programs that allow you to verify hard disks (RLL type - as this is what I have), and when the program encounters a bad sector, it should be able to mark the sector as bad. I was recently doing a "Fastback" backup and encounted a General Failure on Disk Drive C: Ignore, Retry, Abort? I located the sectors, but can't mark them bad. Was able to over- come the problem temporarily by making a new copy of the file that was on the sectors and DOS put it somewhere else. Any help would be appreciated. -- Sandy Phipps -- Info & Comp Science Dept -- Uni Of Hawaii @ Manoa -- 2565 The Mall -- Honolulu, 96822 -- (808) 948-7420 --UUCP - {ihnp4,uunet,ubcvax}!sdcsvax!nosc!humu!uhmanoa!sandy --ARPA - uhmanoa!sandy@nosc.MIL --INTERNET- sandy@uhmanoa.ICS.HAWAII.EDU --BITNET - phipps@uhccux - phipps%uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu@rutgers.edu (LAST RESORT)