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bad sectors in hard disk
Name: wali123 Date: January 31, 2004 at 03:47:26 Pacific OS: windows 98 CPU/Ram: (intel inside 1.8GHz proc
Comment:
there are some bad sectors in my hard disk... plz tell me what method to remove the bad sectors from hard disk... regards....
Name: Ray Peate Date: January 31, 2004 at 06:34:21 Pacific
Reply:
I assume you have already run ScanDisk and Defrag from your system tools? Windows will"work around" the bad sectors and not place any data there BUT you must keep an eye on them - if the number of bad sectors begins to increase then you ought to replace the hard drive pretty quickly.
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Response Number 2
Name: anenefan Date: January 31, 2004 at 18:51:58 Pacific
Reply:
Hi
Go to the drive's website and get a utility to diagnose your drive. Bad sectors usually represent the need to replace it if any important files are there. They can be used for a very long time (sometimes ) in less critical applications where it doesn't hurt if the drive crashes.
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Response Number 3
Name: Claymore Date: February 4, 2004 at 11:24:58 Pacific
Reply:
Yep that is pretty much it, once you have bad sectors they will grow and eventually your drive will not be readable. Less troubles and worries if you replace now rather than later
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