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| From | Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage, alt.comp.periphs.hdd |
| Subject | Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? |
| Date | 2017-02-22 00:49 +0000 |
| Organization | Miskatonic U |
| Message-ID | <slrnoapo4c.f16.g.kreme@snow.local> (permalink) |
| References | <sLWdnU4yfpPfkDHFnZ2dnUU7-UednZ2d@earthlink.com> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
In message <sLWdnU4yfpPfkDHFnZ2dnUU7-UednZ2d@earthlink.com> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote: > Hello. > 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? If you have bad sectors the data is already lost. > I don't care if it runs in or outside of Mac OS X (currently > v10.5.8/Leopard installed). Booting from USB/discs is fine too. I was > hoping Mac OS X came with badsect command since it is based on FreeBSD > as shown in http://www.manpages.info/macosx/badsect.8.html, but it > doesn't unless I missed something. Also, Disk Utility doesn't do it. What do you think you are trying to do? (The best thing is to backup as much data as you can and reformat the drive. If that fails, punch a nail through it and throw it in the recycler. -- I WILL STOP TALKING ABOUT THE TWELVE INCH PIANIST Bart chalkboard Ep. 3F07
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Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-21 05:02 -0600
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Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-02-21 12:03 -0500
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Re: A bad sector checker program in Macs? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-02-22 00:49 +0000
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