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- From: amipb@amipb.gna.org (Philippe Berard)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Colours, Datatypes & 68040.library
- Message-ID: <amipb.02xq@amipb.gna.org>
- Date: 8 Nov 92 20:06:17 GMT
- References: <1992Oct21.101800.12822@ugle.unit.no> <36460@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1992Oct29.204253.18943@ugle.unit.no>
- Organization: IWANIMA
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- X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
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- In article <1992Oct29.204253.18943@ugle.unit.no> geirh@Siri.Unit.NO (Geir Haugen) writes:
- >
- > HDToolBox didn't find a checksum error on my disk, and reported it was OK,
- > even though I was unable to write to the disk ("validating"). The error
- > occured when one program crashed while another was writing to disk. After
- > rebooting (took a long time, as the OS was validating at the same time),
- > I got a requester saying "Checksum error in block XXX". Well, I started
- > HDToolBox and started it's 'mark out bad blocks' function. After going through
- > all blocks it reported everything was OK. I tried desperately some other
- > programs, but no success. I had to reformat the disk...
- >
- > Two days later I visited my local computer store and told them about my
- > experience. They said HDToolBox was useless under 3.0, and I should wait
- > for DiskSalv 2.10(?) instead.
-
- You're wrong here. HDToolBox can only find Hard errors on the disk, not
- checksums. You'll need disksalv, fixdisk or QuarterBack Tools for that
- job. Remember that a 'hard' error is a physical damage of the disk, while
- Checksum errors or read/write errors are only logical.
-
- As far as I know, Dave Haynie should distribute his 2.10 version of
- DiskSalv soon, and it'll support the all-new DOS\4 and DOS\5 formats.
-
- > WHY does CBM release 3.0 without a proper HD-program knowing the new
- > 3.0-spesific file systems??
-
- Here, I must agree... :-(
- -- Philippe
-
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