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Mac OS 9 Discussion => Hardware => Storage => Topic started by: Syntho on December 29, 2014, 10:41:57 PM

Title: Bad sector check
Post by: Syntho on December 29, 2014, 10:41:57 PM

Is there any software that'll run on an MDD in either OS9 or OSX that scans for bad sectors and stuff? I have a drive that I'm sure has problems so I'd like to scan it before I take it out. I thought Disk Warrior would do that but that only seems to be a restore type software.

Title: Re: Bad sector check
Post by: Syntho on December 29, 2014, 11:17:48 PM

I got it. I'm so used to using System 7 that I didn't realize there was a "Test Disk" thing in Disk Utility in OS9  ;D

Title: Re: Bad sector check
Post by: supernova777 on December 30, 2014, 03:39:39 AM

Spinrite
https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm

this is what i would use.. in a pc..
i used to keep a shitty old pc laptop on 24/7 just to run this on drives
dunno why but it always worked..

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYSB7_QfaFc[/youtube]

Title: Re: Bad sector check
Post by: Syntho on December 30, 2014, 03:55:19 AM

This actually looks excellent. Do you use an external enclosure via firewire or USB for your laptop?

Title: Re: Bad sector check
Post by: supernova777 on December 30, 2014, 04:14:17 AM

i had a usb external enclosure.. the way the drive is connected is irrelevant tho.
as long as the computer can access the drive it can run this software and work..
as long as u have spinrite 6 i think u need 6. 5 might not work with usb drives.. err at least some version going down will not.. i forget the specifics

sometimes it would take like 4-5 days of constant running this app but it would actually work and recover large amounts of data that other apps couldnt.. and the disk would actually be usable and dependable again.. which was mind blowing..
(as it finds + marks the sectors bad preventing the drive from fucking up on the fly)