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Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs?

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From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject	Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs?
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Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
> 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. :(

Why are you so reluctant to do the right thing here? You know the drive is
about to fail, yet you seem to be willing to do anything BUT replace it -
even though it's the simplest and least risky thing you can do. Very
strange!

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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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