$   Disks Logging Errors? Bad Blocks?   The Question is:    M We have a disk drive that has 2 errors recorded on it and would like to run a L  utility, if there is one available, to analyze the device. We tried the VMS&  ANALYZE Command and got this message:     The Answer is :   B   Please contact your hardware support organization for assistance@   with this and with other similar hardware problems or requests>   for assistance with hardware diagnostics or troubleshooting.   C   For information on OpenVMS bad block handling, please see (6926).    ?   In general, modern disks that are logging user-visible errors @   are failing, and should be replaced.  Tools such as formattersB   are of little use with modern devices and can unfortunately tend>   to accelerate the demise of the device -- the OpenVMS WizardD   recommends BACKUP be used first and foremost, to create a completeC   saveset or archival copy of the data.  Then BACKUP can be used to A   restore to the target disk, and -- as is discussed in (6926) to A   trigger bad block handling.  But again, disks that are found to 7   be generating user-obvious errors tend to be failing.    ?   If you wish to reset the error counts (without rebooting) and @   continue -- and again, you will want to verify the disk BACKUP@   for validity and currency -- you will want to review the error!   information in the OpenVMS FAQ.    0  Answer written or last revised on  17-MAR-2004 