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how i remove bad sectro ?
Name: viveks555 Date: September 4, 2008 at 08:48:48 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 2.0 /256 Product: inte845
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Sam sung 40Gb Hard disk have bad sectors. it shows in BIOS properly & recover data also but when i want 2format using Hard disk repair tool system hung up & program terminate.is there any software 100% working remove bad sector?.please help me.
Name: jam Date: September 4, 2008 at 09:29:01 Pacific
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Better to replace the hard drive. And add more RAM while you're at it...256MB isn't enough these days.
"If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction
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Response Number 2
Name: aegis Date: September 4, 2008 at 11:05:55 Pacific
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Yup, replace the drive. Bad sectors are not repaired. They are relocated to a special spare area on the disk. When you run out of room in that spare area, it's time to replace the drive.
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Response Number 3
Name: worldlibrary Date: September 4, 2008 at 16:26:15 Pacific
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I agree with all of the above as once you start getting bad sectors there is no end to it.
They just keep growing like a Cancer.
And if you apply Murphys Law......the drive will lose your most important information at the worst time.
There is no known software that can fix a mechanical problem.
If there was we would have software to fix toasters and flat tires....replace broken windows and even....just maybe.. download a new hard drive or a Pizza and a six pack.
A new 40 gig can be had for under $20.00.. on Ebay. New in box.
Most Office supply places have hds on sale given the recent economy....it's quicker than Ebay.
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Response Number 4
Name: larryf215 Date: September 4, 2008 at 17:39:49 Pacific
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agree 100% with everything stated. but there have been times when, a windows boot floppy would not be able to finish a format and then, I could finish it using gparted. http://gparted.sourceforge.net/live...
you have nothing to lose, but you data. So be prepared for that.
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