John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Mon, 19 Jul 2004 05:27:58 +0800: > H. S. wrote: > > Any suggestions? Or any alternate methods? Then there is also the > > option of using a Windows programs to do this. But I am familiar with > > those. > > Unscientifically proven: a destructive badblocks test. The next owner > will be impressed that you so thoroughly tested the drive for him:-)
Now, there's a thought. You better destroy that drive afterall. If the drive had any bad blocks, and these were transparently remapped (as they do), then you can't tell that there have been remapping events (maybe SMART will tell you...). When you run wipe across /dev/hda, the drive will wipe all the current data, ignoring the blocks that were remapped onto another part of the drive. So Mallory comes along, buys the computer, and uses a low level tool to look at all the sectors that were remapped. Then he finds in one of those sectors that were remapped, the evidence of corruption that Bush was trying to hide :) -- TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/ "The thing I love most about deadlines is the wonderful WHOOSHing sound they make as they go past" - DNA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
