and yes, it erases the hard drive. So save any data you need.

Monday, April 7, 200810:59 AMJerry [EMAIL PROTECTED]

>have that problem often. oh, you're talking computers.
>
>overwrites  zero's to the drive. best...jf
>
>On Apr 7, 2008, at 9:58 AM, Profile wrote:
>> Anyone know what this means and how to do it?
>>
>> After running TechTool over an iMac it found one bad sector on the
>> hard drive.  In the past it would "sequester" that sector so it
>> wouldn't be used, however in this case I got wording similar to this
>> (don't have it exact).
>>
>> It said that I had a bad sector and the only way to repair would be to
>> "zero out" the hard drive and reinstall the operating system.  Why it
>> would not sequester I don't know, but what is "zero out".  Would that
>> be using the utility portion of the install disk to "erase" the hard
>> drive or it is much more involved?
>>
>> Many thanks for your help.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
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