> Roger Grosswiler wrote: >> past days, i had several warnings of my backup, it coudln't read some sectors. Is my harddisc slowly dieing or is >> this >> another issue? Is there a tool within linux, where i can mark some sectors as defective? > > As you've been told, this sounds like a dying drive. Don't trust it: get > any valuable data off it as soon as you can. > > Which brand is it? It might be worth looking to see if the manufacturer > has any diagnostic software. In my experience, this usually creates a > bootable floppy which can do some really low-level hunting around: you > may need to "borrow" a Windows PC to create the floppy. > > Good luck! > > James. > > -- > James Wilkinson | "I loved doing 'Midsomer Murders', but it got to the > Exeter Devon UK | point last year when there was no one left in > E-mail address: james | Midsomer to murder, so I had to put an end to it." > @westexe.demon.co.uk | -- Writer Anthony Horowitz > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > it's compaqish and i'm gonna change this asap. Thx Roger
