Spinrite does seems like a very useful and unique(?) program. I would like to get a copy, but at $89US it is a bit pricey for home use. Are there any cheaper alternatives out there? Thanks John >Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 05:55:38 -0800 >From: Jon Persinger -DIGEST <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Scandisk > >Defrag/Hard Disk problem: > >John: > >Take a look at the following link for information on "SpinRite": > >http://grc.com/spinrite.htm > >If anything will fix the error, SpinRite can. > >Your last resort is to make a full backup (if you can), make a Win95a boot disk with scandisk, etc. on it, reformat the >drive, and reinstall the operating system. Unless you are comfortable with this though, I would not recommend it. > >Also worth mentioning is that you'll need to keep an eye on that problem. Hard drives will get more bad sectors over >the years, but very often this indicates an impending drive failure. If you continue to get bad sectors on intermittent >scans, I would replace that drive ASAP. > >Hope this helps. > >Jon Persinger > > > When I run windows 95 defrag, it says the disk has errors and to run > > scandisk. > > Then scandisk (with thorough option) cannot find any problems. > > The microsoft knowledge base has an article on this and says to make > > changes to scandisk.ini and run scandisk from native dos, > > however this has the same result. > > > > I have tried a number of freeware scanning and defragging programs, > > but they either dont detect an error or they lockup the system > > (when they reach the suspect spot on the disk) and give the > > dreaded blue screen of death. > > > > I wouldn't mind bad sectors being marked so, but I need to be able to use > > the rest of the disk without these problems. Any Ideas? > > > > John Hilton Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml