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HDD physical bad sector
Name: Erly Date: August 20, 2002 at 10:22:19 Pacific
Comment:
how can i easily detect a physical bad sector on my hdd? whats the hint? pls help...
Name: serge Date: August 20, 2002 at 10:48:54 Pacific
Reply:
I've found them using Scandisk.
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Response Number 2
Name: Art Smass Date: August 20, 2002 at 10:51:49 Pacific
Reply:
There are some handy utilities here;
http://www.hardwaresite.net/download.html
Depending on the make of your drive, you may not only be able to detect bad sectors, but work around them too. good luck
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Response Number 3
Name: fred6008 Date: August 22, 2002 at 00:10:58 Pacific
Reply:
You have to run Scandisk in DOS mode to see bad sectors. The graphic shows the already flaged sectors as scandisk does a surface scan to look for more.
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