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Author Topic: Copying Hard Drive Contents To Another Jerry Chase Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1068 From: Margate, FL, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-12-2001 08:42 AM                       It may have been a good thing you couldn't defrag. I learned the hard way that when a drive is going really goofy the ONLY thing you want to do is get files copied off quickly. I've seen scandisk screw up fixing things and make things far worse than when it started. Both scandisk and defrag pretty much roam the entire platter surfaces. If the actuator arm isn't tracking right (less of a problem on modern drives), or there is a speck of dirt being dragged around, running either of these can cause serious problems. Scandisk works fine if you have a small area that loses coercivity, or have beginning hard drive death, but when a drive starts going South in a major way, you are better off avoiding it. Looks like you got off lucky. FWIW, my dad built radio stations and was a chief at one for many years. Ah, the smell of ozone from the klystrons mixed with the smell of carbon tet used as a general purpose cleaner. (50 KW AM directional array,WDEV) John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 02-12-2001 08:54 AM                        Jerry said: "Ah, the smell of ozone from the klystrons mixed with the smell of carbon tet used as a general purpose cleaner." It's a wonder some of us are still alive! And people worry about the RF emissions from cell phones! ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Eastman Kodak Company Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419 Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243 E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion

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