I'm having trouble with my 3400's HD. It is running
9.1. From time to time it clearly gets stuck in some
area during various searches. You can hear a
repetitive chatter (like angry squirrels) as it tries
to retrieve the info, but than that, the machine is
functioning agreeably.
I have run Norton DiskDoctor and does not find disk
problems but it does find "cross linked files." It
seems unable to correct them because at some point
while it is doing its job, you hear the troubled
access "squirrel" noise for a while than Norton
reports all is OK.
I have run TechTools 3 and it doesn't find file
problems but in the surface check, it finds "?disk
damage, ? run repair?" It says, bad sectors were
found. It wants to "map them out" but it doesn't,
saying: "sometimes the OS will occupy some space that
it cannot enter to repair!"
I have removed all data and trased both "system and
finder" from the machine thinking a good reformatting
might correct or at least re map the bad sectors. My
question is: will Apple's "DiskSetup" do the job of a
low level format, or is there another idea, or (I
really can't afford this) is it time for a new HD?
Don Wakefield
DTPetc! (DeskTop Productions et cetera!)
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