Utility to view location of reallocated/bad sectors?

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Is there such a beast?

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Previously Michael Cecil <macecil@comcast.net> wrote:
> Is there such a beast?

Reallocated:

SCSI: Use any scsi query utility, e.g. scsi-config under Linux.
ATA: Not unless you use special, vendor only command.

Bad:

Use any surface scan utility, eg. "badblocks" under Linux.


If you don't have Linux, you can burn a Knoppix CD, they come
with the utilities mentioned aboce, I believe.

Arno
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