hi all experts

i m using maxtor harddrive my harddisk havin bad sector because when i want to format the drive via booting disk the message appears " trying to recover allocation unit " but when i format d: drive in windows enviorment it's formatted well and none error appears but in dos mode or booting mode an error appear's how to remove bad sector in my d: drive
i ran scanddisk for fixing error but when scanddisk reads 144,028 something reads its stop working or like the computer hang i wait too much time but after 144,028 scanddisk read very very slow i cant wait for it please help me how to remove bad sector....
please help me urgent pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee i need thanks

If you have bad sectors on the disk, it'll have to be replaced.

See this webpage for Maxtor's diagnostic utility:
http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.8db0c3d6932ced37294198b091346068/?channelpath=/en_us/Support/Software%20Downloads/View%20By%20Category/Desktop%20Storage/DiamondMax%20Family

Download and run the diagnostic utility. If something's wrong with the drive it'll give you an error code. You can use that error code to get an RMA from Maxtor.

A windows 98 PC with 64MB RAM.

I am going to guess that your hard drive is way out of the warrenty time.

Run the test above to see what code you get, but as for the RMA forget it. replace the drive or invest in a new PC.

What's the model # of the drive?

Back up now as that baby is heading south, but no one knows when.

You can avoid many of these Windows problems with Linux. Linspire eases the transition for new users

Get a new drive.

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