You might want to run the IBM disk tools against the disk. It's a disk image on the IBM site - self booting PC-DOS disk that contains media analysis tools.

I had 'growing areas' of bad blocks on my 20GB disk. After I ran the disk tools (Note: it is COMPLETELY DESTRUCTIVE),  I have not had a single error again in 6 months, so far so good :)

--et
 
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 22:48:06 -0700 (PDT)
"Mike Cheponis" <mac@Wireless.Com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm getting these error messages (printed over and over on the console):
> 
> This is an IBM IDE disk, 40 GB, 7200 RPM.
> 
> wd0e: uncorrectable data error reading fsbn 9886848 of 9886848-9886863 (wd0 bn 16224144; cn 16095 tn 6 sn 6), retrying
> 
> wd0e: uncorrectable data error reading fsbn 9886858 of 9886848-9886863 (wd0 bn 16224154; cn 16095 tn 6 sn 16), retrying
> 
> 
> They are always these two Block Numbers I see.
> 
> 
> Is there a way I can figure out which file is associated with those blocks,
> and to copy (what remains of) the file to another drive, and to delete
> the file and mark those block numbers in some sort of Bad Block table?
> 
> Thanks -Mike
> 
>