Re: [WinMac] Re: reloading NT

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 13:04:12 -0500

        Yes, NT will remap around bad blocks; but will also indicate an error in
the System portion of the Event Viewer.

        And Yes, I have seen disk drives get bad blocks after as little as a few
weeks in service. Assume everything is bad until proven otherwise!

        Cheers!
        Dan

At 07:08 PM 2/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> Well Alex, there's your answer: Your hard drive has bad blocks.
>
>I don't think really so. I think they would have manifested themselves in
>other wyas. And isn't Super-NT supposed to have a hot fixing feature that
>maps bad blocks dinamically?
>
>Plus, this hard drive was formatted (low level) before installing
>anything. How could I get bad blocks in 2 months? Never seen that before,
>especially with SCSI drives.
>
>Alex Dearden
>pata@doglover.com

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