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Method, computer, and computer program for detecting a bad block on a hard disk

  • US 20040078729A1
  • Filed: 06/26/2002
  • Published: 04/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method, comprising the steps of:

  • booting a first computer which is run by a Microsoft Windows®

    operating system;

    based on a modified registry of said Microsoft Windows®

    operating system of said first computer, automatically initiating a scan for bad blocks of a hard disk which is associated with said first computer;

    reporting the result of said scan in a file associated with said first computer;

    generating, at said first computer, a message containing information about said at least one bad block if said at least one bad block is reported in said file; and

    sending said message to a second computer over a communication network.

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