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More info?)
On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 09:49:22 +0100, "Noel Paton"
>Chris
Hi!
>IIRC, running ScanDisk in Thorough mode rechecks bad sectors, doesn't it?
I don't think it does, unless you force it to via a setting of some
kind. I say that because I usually see a scan stop and retry bad
sectors when they are discovered to be bad, but it always glosses over
existing B(ad) blocks with no pause unless it discoveres a new one.
In the context of a partition imaged across from a sick HD to a good
one, simply running Scandisk surface scan (in DOS mode, I don't use
the Windows one) shows the same B(ad) markers in the same place - a
consequence of carrying over the FATs verbatim - and doesn't un-mark
these when it surface scans the volume.
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q103956/
Not the article I hoped it was (i.e. the one that mentions a possible
parameter to force re-testing of clusters already marked bad)
I find it quicker to search for and edit out <BAD> markers in the FATs
via DiskEdit than look up the setting and redo the surface scan, but I
agree this is not the best approach for most users ;-)
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