Re: [smartmontools-support] new content for http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/BadBlockHowTo.txt

[Tom M. <tme...@gm...>]

Nelson Strother wrote:
>     http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/BadBlockHowTo.txt
> The most recent time I used this information,
> the problematic disk block was in an NTFS partition.
> ...here is some information for dealing with errors on NTFS
> partitions.

Now that Sourceforge has integrated wikis from Wikispace, I'll reiterate 
my suggestion that starting a wiki for this project would be a good 
idea. If nothing else, it'll allow creating a "database" of SMART errors 
and their corresponding likely causes.


> Let me know if you have questions about the mark-up or the content.

The content looked good to me, but it feels like it should mention in 
the intro of the NTFS section that it is assuming the use of Linux. I'd 
also recommend linking to a bootable Linux distribution that includes 
ntfsprogs, such as:

SystemRescueCd
http://www.sysresccd.org/

Be nice to eventually have a procedure that works natively in Windows.

  -Tom