> If you zero out a hard drive with Disk Utility to map out the bad > blocks, are they notated in a permanent fashion or will a simple > reformat lose the bad block "map."
In a modern drive, the defects map is created when the drive is manufactured and it is stored in a ROM within the drive. Therefore, all drives report that every sector is good. I am unaware of a method for recreating the contents of that ROM. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
