On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:04:10 +0100 pol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to re-use a physically crashed disk. My guess is that its > surface has been damaged. I would like to re-install debian (or kubuntu). > How is it possible to reformat the disk, without using the damaged area? > > Thank you >
Usually the hard drive controller keeps track of the damaged sectors/blocks of the disk and doesn't write data to it. However, I don't suggest using the disk because you could potentially lose a lot of data. If the hard drive is less than 5 years old you could probably get it replaced from the manufacturer. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
