mbadblocks - tests a floppy disk, and marks the bad blocks
in the FAT
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Description
The mbadblocks command is used to scan an MS-DOS floppy
and mark its unused bad blocks as bad. It uses the follow
ing syntax:
mbadblocks drive:
Mbadblocks scans an MS-DOS floppy for bad blocks. All
unused bad blocks are marked as such in the FAT. This is
intended to be used right after mformat. It is not
intended to salvage bad disks.
Bugs
Mbadblocks should (but doesn't yet :-( ) also try to sal
vage bad blocks which are in use by reading them repeat
edly, and then mark them bad.
See Also
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