bad sectors

[geordief]

I have bad sectors and an erratic computer.Can I prolong the agony by reformting? I mean if I put in a whole new (or old) OS will it clear up the bad sectors for now?

 

[TheMajor]

Do a scandisk to mark the bad sectors. Then, if still experiencing problems, format the entire disk or partition.

 

[geordief]

thanks
Does partitioning work if you had say 1% of thr drive bad?Can you partition off just that amount -like cutting out a bit of mouldy cheese.Is that too simple?

 

[OatesyX]

no theres no way to partition of just the bad sectors as far as i know, the bad sectors could be anywhere on the disc not just at the end or start

( well technicaly scandisc would sort of do it since it makes the comp stop using bad sectors if it finds them

 

[SYL\X/3K]

dont know wat HD ur using so try one or two of the programs to scan ur HD:

Fujitsu ATA Diagnostic Tool 6.61
Fujitsu SCSI Diagnostics 2.6
IBM-Hitachi Drive Fitness Test
Maxtor Powermax 4.22
Maxtor SCSIMax
Quantum Data Protection System
Samsung Diagnostic (SHDiag)
Samsung Drive Diagnostic Utility (Hutil)
Seagate SeaTools desktop
Seagate SeaTools entreprise
Western Digital Data Lifeguard 5.04f
Western Digital DLG for Windows 1.07.01

or use this program its especially made for restoring bad sectors:
HDD Regeneration 1.51

they're all found in this website:
http://www.firststation.org/category/windows/system/

 

[TheMajor]

You can't fix bad sectors.

 

[SYL\X/3K]

well i dont know about u but it fixed my maxtor
http://www.brothersoft.com/utilities/system_utilities/hdd_regenerator_32492.html

 

[TheMajor]

well i dont know about u but it fixed my maxtor
http://www.brothersoft.com/utilities/system_utilities/hdd_regenerator_32492.html

Data is retrieved from the bad sectors and moved to "healthy" sectors. The bad sectors are then marked as un-usable.

 

[SYL\X/3K]

sorry miss written it i meant to say moving it to the stable sectors