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A bad sector checker program in Macs?
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Does anyone know of a free program that can check for bad sectors in Macs (e.g., MacBook Pro from early 2008 [4,1]) without losing datas? I don't care if it runs in or outside of Mac OS X (currently v10.5.8/Leopard installed). Booting from USB/discs is fine too. I was hoping Mac OS X came with badsect command since it is based on FreeBSD as shown in http://www.manpages.info/macosx/badsect.8.html, but it doesn't unless I missed something. Also, Disk Utility doesn't do it. Thank you in advance. -- "We are anthill men upon an anthill world." --Ray Bradbury Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) Axe ANT from its address if e-mailing privately. |
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A bad sector checker program in Macs?
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wrote: Does anyone know of a free program that can check for bad sectors in Macs (e.g., MacBook Pro from early 2008 [4,1]) without losing datas? none that can do so reliably, on any platform. based on you other posts, that drive has issues. toss it and install an ssd. it'll breathe a little life in that aging macbook. |
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A bad sector checker program in Macs?
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage nospam wrote:
In article , Ant wrote: Does anyone know of a free program that can check for bad sectors in Macs (e.g., MacBook Pro from early 2008 [4,1]) without losing datas? none that can do so reliably, on any platform. based on you other posts, that drive has issues. toss it and install an ssd. it'll breathe a little life in that aging macbook. Yeah. -- Quote of the Week: "The foreign policy aim of ants can be summed up as follows: restless aggression, territorial conquest, and genocidal annihilation of neighboring colonies whenever possible. If ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week." --Journey to the Ants, page 59. Bert Holldobler & Edward O. Wilson Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- ( ) ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. |
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A bad sector checker program in Macs?
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage nospam wrote: In article , Ant wrote: Does anyone know of a free program that can check for bad sectors in Macs (e.g., MacBook Pro from early 2008 [4,1]) without losing datas? none that can do so reliably, on any platform. based on you other posts, that drive has issues. toss it and install an ssd. it'll breathe a little life in that aging macbook. Yeah. Why are you so reluctant to do the right thing here? You know the drive is about to fail, yet you seem to be willing to do anything BUT replace it - even though it's the simplest and least risky thing you can do. Very strange! -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR |
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A bad sector checker program in Macs?
On 2/21/2017 6:02 AM, Ant wrote:
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage nospam wrote: In article , Ant wrote: Does anyone know of a free program that can check for bad sectors in Macs (e.g., MacBook Pro from early 2008 [4,1]) without losing datas? none that can do so reliably, on any platform. based on you other posts, that drive has issues. toss it and install an ssd. it'll breathe a little life in that aging macbook. Yeah. You should replace it before it completely fails, and you can't recover anything from it. |
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A bad sector checker program in Macs?
In message Ant wrote:
Hello. Does anyone know of a free program that can check for bad sectors in Macs (e.g., MacBook Pro from early 2008 [4,1]) without losing datas? If you have bad sectors the data is already lost. I don't care if it runs in or outside of Mac OS X (currently v10.5.8/Leopard installed). Booting from USB/discs is fine too. I was hoping Mac OS X came with badsect command since it is based on FreeBSD as shown in http://www.manpages.info/macosx/badsect.8.html, but it doesn't unless I missed something. Also, Disk Utility doesn't do it. What do you think you are trying to do? (The best thing is to backup as much data as you can and reformat the drive. If that fails, punch a nail through it and throw it in the recycler. -- I WILL STOP TALKING ABOUT THE TWELVE INCH PIANIST Bart chalkboard Ep. 3F07 |
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A bad sector checker program in Macs?
On 2/21/2017 3:49 AM, Ant wrote:
Hello. Does anyone know of a free program that can check for bad sectors in Macs (e.g., MacBook Pro from early 2008 [4,1]) without losing datas? I don't care if it runs in or outside of Mac OS X (currently v10.5.8/Leopard installed). Booting from USB/discs is fine too. I was hoping Mac OS X came with badsect command since it is based on FreeBSD as shown in http://www.manpages.info/macosx/badsect.8.html, but it doesn't unless I missed something. Also, Disk Utility doesn't do it. Thank you in advance. Back it up now before the disk failure cascades. As the disk fails, materials are thrown onto the platters. Back it up now ! Soon the platters will be covered with detritus and nothing will work on it. Lynn |
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