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Bad sectors found - dodo?
Name: Andy11 Date: May 17, 2005 at 02:48:47 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: P4 3.0gHz; 512MB RAM
Comment:
Hey,
My friend brought me his mother's computer to fix. It wouldn't boot, so I did a CHKDSK /R from the Recovery Console. It said that it was doing additional recovery and repairs, and took about an hour to run. When it finished, Windows was able to boot successfully! However, I did another chkdsk check, and it reported that her HD had 272 KB of bad sectors. What should I do? Is it safe to clean? Do I run chkdsk /r again? Or is her HD a goner? Advice, please!
Name: Andy11 Date: May 17, 2005 at 02:49:16 Pacific
Reply:
Oh, and her HD is a 80GB HD.
-Andrew
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Response Number 2
Name: Johnw Date: May 17, 2005 at 05:01:16 Pacific
Reply:
With this drive always have a backup of the important stuff .
If new bad sectors start to arise, you should replace the hard disk, since its magnetic media is not ok.
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Response Number 3
Name: ham30 Date: May 17, 2005 at 10:38:38 Pacific
Reply:
272KB isn't an extreme amount. But I agree with JohnW, I wouldn't put any valuable information on that drive without a backup of it. I suggest running chkdsk occasionally. If any more bad sectors show up, dump it immediately.
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Response Number 4
Name: Andy11 Date: May 17, 2005 at 17:34:02 Pacific
Reply:
I downloaded WDC (Western Digital)'s HD examination tool, and right off the bat, it reported a bad SMART read rate. I guess that's the answer - the HD is a goner. I'll have my friend's mom call HP and have it replaced... unless any of you have other ideas?
-Andrew
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Response Number 5
Name: Johnw Date: May 17, 2005 at 23:40:25 Pacific
Reply:
As it's still under warranty , that's the way to go .
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