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On 10/18/05, maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hello everbody, |
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> Maxtor suggests I do a low-level format of my flaky |
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> Diamond 16 drive using their Powermax tool. |
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> Unfortunately it doesn't give you the option of |
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> sparing one partition or the other -- it does the |
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> whole thing. |
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> I strongly suspect the problem lies on the first half |
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> of the drive where XP-pro used to reside. Is there a |
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> way to do a low-level format of part of a drive while |
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> leaving the rest intact? |
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If you have the drive partitioned you can |
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dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdaX |
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Where hdaX is the partition to zero out. This should |
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be equivalent to a low level format. |
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PS: |
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Have you tried running badblocks on it? |
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Regards |
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Karol Krzak |
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