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- DTST - Yet another disk tester v1.0 15-Feb-88
- ============================== Public Domain
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- DTST is a small utility written in Turbo C that is used to check
- out your hard disks. It has the special ability to report "slow"
- sectors. These are sectors that read properly, but often require
- retries. I feel that such sectors are on the verge of failure and
- should quickly be locked out before they cause any harm.
-
- DTST reports disk sector numbers that are in trouble. I
- reccommend that you use another disk utility (such as Norton's NU)
- to locate any files using the questionable sectors. Copy the
- files to a safe place and then use "DT" to mark the blocks as
- "bad". This will prevent real trouble before it happens.
-
- Use this at your own risk! I am including source code so you can
- verify that it has not been hacked.
-
- This is FREE software - Enjoy it.
- Samuel H. Smith
- The Tool Shop
- (602) 279-2673
-
- Revision history
- ----------------
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- 15-feb-88 v1.0
- Initial coding and release.
-
- 21-feb-88 v1.1
- Added two optional parameters to specify the first and last
- sector number to test.
-
- 21-may-88 v1.2
- Changed scanning direction. Consults boot record for information
- needed to calculate cluster numbers.
-
- 23-may-88 v1.3
- Fixed the 'slow sector' message, which was broken in the 21-may version.
- Also reduced display activity during testing.
-