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Article #3187Troubled hard drive, low-level format
From: Tom Maddox
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 1990 04:02
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 1990 04:02
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Lately the ST-238 hard drive on my Leading Edge D has been returning "Sector Not Found Drive C" messages with some frequency--it's an old drive, I think one of the first RLL drives Leading Edge shipped. Usually, hitting the "A" for "Abort" restores a command line, and you can can go on from there, and sometimes chkdsk then shows the first FAT as being scrambled. At that point, I just reset, and all is well. Two questions: is low-level formatting likely to help this problem, and is there a pd/shareware utility that will low-level format the drive without reformatting it--i.e., without requiring that I backup/restore the whole drive. Respond here or by e-mail, as you see fit. Thanks. -- Tom Maddox "Satanic Verses is a despicable book that could not have been written by a person who wished to behave decently and responsibly." Orson Scott Card
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ogicse!milton!blake.u.washington.edu!maddox From: maddox@blake.u.washington.edu (Tom Maddox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Troubled hard drive, low-level format Message-ID: <7640@milton.u.washington.edu> Date: 16 Sep 90 04:02:23 GMT References: <11700@chaph.usc.edu> Sender: news@milton.u.washington.edu Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 23