Masking Bad blocks on Apple IDE HDs?

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From: andrew winter
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 00:00

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I've now had 3 Apple IDE HDs fail with bad blocks (Drive Setup claims it
was interupted, disk errors when copying files from a known good source).

Can anyone recommend a utility (shareware or commercial) that will mask
bad blocks in an IDE HD in a mac? [I have an old version of FWB's HDT that
doesnt support IDE drives]....

At $AU 410 for a 4g IDE it's not worth replacing the drives in the
performa 5200s and powermac 6360s.

Similarily, can anyone recommend a formatter that will format non apple
IDE drives in performas?

[and where can i find 500-1g ide drives in australia at a reasonable price]

all responses via email pls
andy@arch.usyd.edu.au

Andrew

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From: andy@arch.usyd.edu.au (andrew winter)
Subject: Masking Bad blocks on Apple IDE HDs?
Date: 1998/06/19
Message-ID: <andy-1906980858180001@transmute.arch.usyd.edu.au>
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