check harddisk

Hello,

I think one of our four harddisk may be damaged. Does anyone know a tool for
netware 5 to check the condition of the harddisks?
(a kind of chkdsk for netware)

Thanks for any response.

Best regards, Jurgen Oerlemans

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 12:42:41 +0200, Jurgen Oerlemans <jurgen.oerlemans@envirolab_nospam.nl> wrote:[color=blue]
> I think one of our four harddisk may be damaged. Does anyone know a tool for
> netware 5 to check the condition of the harddisks?[/color]

If it's bad, just replace it. Disks are cheap compared to the cost of your
data.

You can see if the OS thinks there's anything wrong with the disk by
checking the "Hot Fix" status. If it's redirecting blocks, it's getting
write errors.

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> (a kind of chkdsk for netware)[/color]

chkdsk only really does a logical check, not a physical one. The NetWare
equivilent would be VREPAIR.


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Hello!
Just dismount the volume(s) on the disk, then run:
LOAD VREPAIR

Change the settings you want... Then select the volume you want to repair...

Remember to backup all importent data first!
Sometimes vrepair do more damage then good!

VK


Jurgen Oerlemans wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I think one of our four harddisk may be damaged. Does anyone know a tool for
> netware 5 to check the condition of the harddisks?
> (a kind of chkdsk for netware)
>
> Thanks for any response.
>
> Best regards, Jurgen Oerlemans
>
>[/color]