Testing/repairing IDE drive

From: Olivier Nicole (on_at_cs.ait.ac.th)
Date: 04/01/05

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    Hi

    Hi have an IDE drive (bit old) that is starting to develop bad blocks.

    Is there a tool to scan the disk and reassign/block (I don't care
    loosing some space on that disk) the bad bocks?

    Best regards,

    Olivier
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