Rick,
Another good way to make sure that the disk is clean, is to use the
manufacturers HDD tools and let that do a low level format.
Very recently I had an issue with a client that had used some utility to
alter partitions around. Anyway the HDD had about 250Mb of bad blocks
that Fdisk and format would not clear. Running the manufacturers
testing tools, low level formatted the drive and pronounced it fine !!
Sure enough, all the bad blocks had gone and full capacity was restored.
A normal fdisk and partition got my client to where he wanted to be.
Minus his data though.
On Saturday 26 November 2005 18:48, Rick Glazier wrote:
> Thanks everyone so far,
> I have used ZAP and WIPE, (both from IBM) for cleaning up drives.
>
> The partition was deleted by me intentionally, but the results were
> not what I expected. When I get time, I'll WIPE the drive, (or,
> since WIPE is old, at least the first 8.4G), and start all over...
>
> I forgot to tell the whole story. I did the original factory install
> on a different wiped drive and then cloned that and played with the
> clone... I mentioned TrueImage, but not what I did with it... (It
> seemed clear at the time...)
>
> Rick Glazier
>
>
> From: "Gaffer"
>
> >> The reason for the question is: After the partitions were fooled
> >> with, the computer rarely boots anymore. (But it still does
> >> sometimes?.) The hardware boots fine from a floppy (win98) IF the
> >> HD is disconnected...
> >
> > Back to my first comment. I have had to use "Zap" on odd occasions
> > to remove funny markers left by partition adjustment tools, for
> > just the reasons you quote.
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
plug at play-net.co.uk
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