Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.periphs.hdd Subject: Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? Date: 21 Feb 2017 14:50:52 GMT Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <210220170456323493%nospam@nospam.invalid> <7tmdnbpDaZPQgzHFnZ2dnUU7-YOdnZ2d@earthlink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net GBZMgHLno+FhDKk+PWIVeQCVL19Zk7pvB+8Xd6psyniRA+lMwr Cancel-Lock: sha1:QGD4Gdi3mhAdqnYLRDfNN/VsBls= sha1:hZrx1DAUGr76yPqX5S68oLAqDVI= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.2.2 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:1419 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:7409 alt.comp.periphs.hdd:83 Ant wrote: > In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage nospam wrote: >> In article , Ant >> 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! -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR