De-activate a swap partition - I don't believe it!

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Monday 20 March 2006 16:46, Gordon Messmer wrote:
>> Anne Wilson wrote:
>>> Rebooting didn't help.  During bootup it reported
>>>
>>> I/O error on device hdb, logical block 0.
>> Well, that probably means that the drive has a bad sector in a very
>> unlucky spot.
>>
>> I'm sure that's no relief to you, but I was worried for a minute that I
>> shouldn't use gparted in the future. ;)
> 
> I've heard it recommended so often that it can't be so very bad, but I must 
> admit I would be worried about using it again.
> 
> Anne
> 
Anne,
 What is it with you and drives with the first sector going bad?
This is the second one you have run into is a couple of months!
Did you ever get the data off the one from your friend?

Mikkel
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