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- From: heinz@edohwg.adsp.sub.org (Heinz Wrobel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: HDToolBox useless? (Was: Re: Colours, Datatypes & 68040.library)
- Message-ID: <heinz.04bd@edohwg.adsp.sub.org>
- Date: 30 Oct 92 20:17:17 GMT
- References: <1992Oct21.101800.12822@ugle.unit.no> <36460@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1992Oct29.204253.18943@ugle.unit.no>
- Organization: Edotronik GmbH
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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
-
- That's a _filesystem_ problem. It's _not_ a "bad block". The block is ok,
- but the data "inside" it is messed up. HDToolBox is more to work on and
- adjust "physical" stuff related to your HD like bad blocks and partition that
- limits. It doesn't really care what filesystem you use on these partitions
- you select. So you used the wrong tool. You need a filesystem check/repair
- utility like DiskSalv.
-
- >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
-
- Wrong. It's not a "bad block" in the HDToolBox way of thinking. It's just
- messed up data inside a "good block".
-
- >experience. They said HDToolBox was useless under 3.0, and I should wait
- >for DiskSalv 2.10(?) instead.
-
- Hmm ... They probably meant that HDToolBox is useless for _filesystem_
- _repair_. That's true. It was never meant to do that. But it's perfectly
- useable for 3.0 as it used to be.
-
- >WHY does CBM release 3.0 without a proper HD-program knowing the new
- >3.0-spesific file systems??
-
- To my knowledge C= didn't ever release any filesystem check/repair tool
- with the OS except for "DiskDoctor" which has disappeared by now because of
- "malpractice" (end of quote :-)
-
- > //COMMODORE Geir Haugen, Trondheim, Norway
-
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