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Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs?

From ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Subject Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs?
Newsgroups comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage, alt.comp.periphs.hdd
References <sLWdnU4yfpPfkDHFnZ2dnUU7-UednZ2d@earthlink.com> <210220170456323493%nospam@nospam.invalid>
Message-ID <7tmdnbpDaZPQgzHFnZ2dnUU7-YOdnZ2d@earthlink.com> (permalink)
Date 2017-02-21 05:02 -0600

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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <sLWdnU4yfpPfkDHFnZ2dnUU7-UednZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
> <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

> > Does anyone know of a free program that can check for bad sectors in 
> > Macs (e.g., MacBook Pro from early 2008 [4,1]) without losing datas?

> none that can do so reliably, on any platform. 

> based on you other posts, that drive has issues. toss it and install an
> ssd. it'll breathe a little life in that aging macbook.

Yeah. :(
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A bad sector checker program in Macs? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-21 01:49 -0800
  Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-21 04:56 -0500
    Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-21 05:02 -0600
      Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-21 14:50 +0000
      Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2017-02-21 18:49 -0500
  Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-02-21 07:07 -0500
    Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-02-21 12:03 -0500
      Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-21 13:49 -0500
        Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-02-21 19:53 -0500
          Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-21 20:01 -0500
          Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-22 18:05 +0000
            Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-02-26 13:45 -0500
  Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-02-22 00:49 +0000
  Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2017-02-21 21:41 -0600

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