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Formatting & Bad Clusters
Name: RLA655 Date: June 7, 2005 at 17:58:41 Pacific OS: 98 SE CPU/Ram: 333/ 128
Comment:
Trying to format a HD that has a "Bad" cluster, is there any way of formatting the drive. Keeps stopping because of the bad cluster..
Name: Derek Date: June 7, 2005 at 18:18:32 Pacific
Reply:
That's odd, I'll be interested in the responses.
I would have expected format to mark the cluster as bad then move on. Maybe the drive has bit the dust and is riddled with bad clusters....
Derek.W
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Response Number 2
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: June 7, 2005 at 19:20:03 Pacific
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Yeah it should just mark it and move on. I've occasionally seen it stop but I think that indicates problems more than just a bad spot.
What is the drive model number? You may be able to get a low level format or zero fill utility for the drive from the manufacturer's site. I think that would be the way to go since the drive is pretty much useless as it is now. It's certainly not going to make things worse.
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Response Number 3
Name: ham30 Date: June 7, 2005 at 21:09:09 Pacific
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That 'is' odd that format doesn't relocate the bad sector.
You could also try scandisk c: /surface
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Response Number 4
Name: zeb001 Date: June 8, 2005 at 13:10:36 Pacific
Reply:
dude I made a bootable floppy with a program call spinrite,it suppose to fixed bad sectors and also recover lost data on hard drives.if you like to try it out I would send it to you.
when you think that you know it all! you know nothing
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