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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Path: netcom.com!jefflind
- From: jefflind@netcom.com (Jeff Lindstrom)
- Subject: Re: Amiga SCSI hard drive prepping help needed urgently
- Message-ID: <jefflindDLLst2.5u0@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom
- References: <4dgq71$snh@alpha.ftech.net>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 22:22:14 GMT
- Sender: jefflind@netcom17.netcom.com
-
- In article <4dgq71$snh@alpha.ftech.net>, Ed <edward@rushton.ftech.co.uk> wrote:
-
- >I can easily quick format and write partitions to the drive using
- >Expert Prep that came with the GVP scsi interface but when I come to
- >tdoing a full format or actually installing stuff, it says cant format
- >cylinder 1923 etcetc or says read write error on Dhx:
-
- Don't do a Quick Format; do a full format. That should cause bad
- blocks to be written out (or replaced with one of the many spare blocks
- available on SCSI drives).
-
-
- --
- Regards,
-
- Jeff Lindstrom jefflind@netcom.com
-