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Is there a software to manually mark bad sectors in a HD ?

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Name: Rafael Andre de Lima
Date: May 15, 2000 at 21:35:05 Pacific
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I got some bad sectors in the HD of my laptop (Toshiba Satellite 4010CDS), and the usual softwares (Scandisk, NDD, etc.) try to read several and several times the bad sectors, until they get it, and didnīt mark the sector as bad... How can i get a software to manually mark bad sectors in my HD ?



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Response Number 1
Name: MOJO
Date: May 15, 2000 at 21:41:14 Pacific
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Run scandisk, check the button for the thorough option


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Response Number 2
Name: PeptoPro
Date: May 15, 2000 at 21:48:29 Pacific
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Find out what kind of harddrive it is (brand wise) and then visit their website. I know that maxtor and western digital offer programs that do this.


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Response Number 3
Name: Rafael Andre de Lima
Date: May 15, 2000 at 22:33:32 Pacific
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Response 1: It was the 1st thing iīve done ! But even in the thorough option, the Scandisk didnīt marked the bad sectors...

Response 2: I was in the Toshiba site, but i couldnīt find out a proper software...


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Response Number 4
Name: ereth sI
Date: May 15, 2000 at 22:53:24 Pacific
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Check Spinrite www.grc.com


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Response Number 5
Name: meso
Date: May 16, 2000 at 07:14:56 Pacific
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just hurry up and get another hard drive cause the sectors going bye bye are not going to stop


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Response Number 6
Name: wong
Date: May 16, 2000 at 07:32:22 Pacific
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Search for a lowlevel formatting program for your HDD. I used Western Digital old program on an old HDD and it managed to marked off the bad-sectors. Some motherboard's BIOS also has a "Harddisk lowlevel format" routine included which can do similar thing. The problem is that you'll have to erase whatever you have on your HDD. Bad-sectors means that the physical magnet surface on the plateau.


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Response Number 7
Name: wong
Date: May 16, 2000 at 07:47:30 Pacific
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is damanged.


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