08 January 2010, 13:33 | #1 |
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Low level format utility for the A1200
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my A1200 hardisk have damaged sectors at the end so Im looking for a low level format hardisk utility cause HDtoolbox doesn not works with my hardisk any help? |
08 January 2010, 13:49 | #2 |
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IDE hard drives cannot be low-level formatted, unless the manufacturer offers a specific tool for this. Those specific tools usually are for x86 only.
Hard drives usually manage bad blocks internally. If a hdd reports a bad block to the operating system, it usually has already so many of them, that they cannot be handled any more. The disk is dying and should be replaced soon. |
08 January 2010, 14:06 | #3 |
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You can still get LLF utilities for the PC (usually manufacturers specific), although you'd have to place the drive into that instead. Be WARNED, Using such tools destroys the data completely and you shouldn't be able to recover anything, also, If you select the wrong drive, you're going to be in trouble.
I go along with thomas though, the disk is dying and really needs replacing. LLF is a thing of the past and is not really required anymore for the standard user, unless you're trying to hide something. If you don't really know what you're doing, get a new drive and forget about LLF. |
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Even when hiding something, it is better to fill the drives with 0 instead of attempting any kind of format, lowlevel or highlevel..
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That's true not that we're encouraging people to get stuff that require hiding on the drive at a later time
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sorry but I not agree with us guys
Last month I did a low level format a 120 gb maxtor hardisk with damaged sectors The low level format cured all bad sectors and the disk now is working very fine...even smart reports the drive OK so that hardisk was not dying I used a utility named "HDD low level format tool" and it seems that can low level format any hardisk from any manufacturer that program can be downloaded here http://hddguru.com/ on that site there are the best hardisk tools OK I see that there aren't tools for amiga so I must use that utility to try to repair my A1200 hardisk....also I need to buy a 2.5 hardisk adapter to connect it on my PC thanks anyways |
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You are probably not actually doing a true LLF EDIT: Thomas's post is 100% accurate Last edited by DH; 08 January 2010 at 15:11. |
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Yep, no Amiga tools exist for modern hard disk maintenance. Old drives may not be compatible with modern tools. Good luck, hope you can get those bad sectors remapped.
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therefor... The hard disk was not dying... Hmmmm Can't see any issues with that logic! desiv |
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08 January 2010, 20:46 | #10 |
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Exactly what I was thinking! HD's are so cheap nowadays that I really don't understand why someone would try to "resurrect" a HD with bad blocks... Then again, it's not my data.
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08 January 2010, 23:28 | #11 |
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Hard drives don't go back sector for nothing, sooner or later it will fail, I watched a Maxtor slowly self destructing over a period of months, fortunately, I didn't own it.
Maxtor are crap drives, seen 3 fail with heads stuck /fused to the disk platters. Paul |
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This goes back a long way. I had a Maxtor 5¼-inch half-height SCSI hard drive fail for no other reason that its poor build quality. I've steered clear of their drives ever since. |
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09 January 2010, 00:00 | #13 |
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Maxtor does have its own tool called MaxBlast
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however I had a 40 gb maxtor drive which died in 2 years I think that all depends of the model,stress of the drive and other factors also I know that hardisks on women computers last longer than hardisks on males' computers |
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Basically, all makers of hard drives have failed on me, so I no longer tell anyone to steer clear of any particular brand.
Instead it's more constructive to: - buy a drive with a 5 year warranty or better - take backups, 'cause the drive might fail anyway |
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anyways maybe the new solid state hardisks are more durable...who knows.... not have mechanical parts... In a few years I think the answer...which is last longer...the common hardisk or the solid state hardisk personally I don't have a solid state hardisk but I will purchase one soon but for my A1200 I like a common hardisk instead a cf flash adapter,looks original and retro for me bye |
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Maxtor are shit drives, I categorically believe that, from all evidence gained. Paul |
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I know that some hardisks last 10-12 years or more I have a friend with his A1200 and his original 80mb seat gate HD still working...but he not use the A1200 very often |
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09 January 2010, 17:13 | #19 |
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I have two 40Mb and one 80Mb original HDs from A1200 era which I pulled from different Amigas for upgrade reasons. They all still working without a byte of error.
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10 January 2010, 23:28 | #20 |
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Just a note from my observations over the years....I have been working in IT since 1994 in all this time have had only seen one drive fail and i must have managed 100's to 1000's of them. Yes i have had drive corruption and other problems that have been the cause of the drive corruptions, but no real failures. That drive that did fail on me was dropped 1 inch onto a hard floor whilst running.
A lot of the drives have been running 24/7 for many years. HD tech seems to have matured quite well. Usually when i get corruption a quick reformat does the trick. Most drives i have used have been replaced not because they failed, but because the machine is replaced/redundant/retired from old age etc. |
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