mbadblocks(1)

Name
       mbadblocks - tests a floppy disk, and marks the bad blocks
       in the FAT

Note
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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
       Mtools' texinfo doc