I HAVE SOME BAD SECTORS OF PHYSICAL EITHER LOGICAL,I DON'T KNOW ABOUT BUT BAD SECTORS ARE PRESENT ON MY HARD DISK'PLEASE CAN YOU HELP ME I THIS MATTER TO REMOVE THESE BAD SECTORS?
2006-07-05 14:03:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Usually, you can't. The scandisk program marks them, so you don't put GOOD data there.
If you have LOTs of bad sections, and get more.... Your disk may be getting worse. It would be a good idea to MAKE BACKUPS now, so you do not lose anything important.
If you are technically savvy, then locate your RESTORE disk. Look at every program and every scrap of data that you have. Then RUN to STAPLES and buy a replacement disk.
When you install the new disk, leave the old one out at first. use the RESTORE disk and set things up again. install all of the programs that you bought earlier. When everything is looking good.... (turn off power) install your old disk as a SLAVE, and attempt to copy your data from the old drive to the new drive. But I mean only the Data. Do not attempt to copy the programs.... They must be installed.
Plan for about 4 hours to get things right again.
2006-07-05 14:09:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
usually a bad sector is generated when the disk is no longer able to hold certain information in that area of the disk. Sometimes its generated from the actual computer; ie: it lost information somehow in a bad crash and it labeled it as a bas sector. Othertimes it could be a damaged section of the drive, either it got scratched when the computer was moved violently (happens in laptops a lot) also if the drive was worn out.
It's safe to assume that the disk may need to be replaced because the worst case scenario is you damaged the drive. But if the computer has failed you can try reformating the disk. By doing this it will both scan for bad sectors and try to repair them.
The repair option is not available when you still have data on the drive because of the potential risk to lose the data.
I had a drive that reported bad sectors, I reformated it and it still works fine after 6 months. Its worth trying before you go out and buy a new harddrive!
2006-07-05 21:15:37 · answer #2 · answered by Saki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, it is impossible to remove bad sectors on your drive. The presence of these so-called bad sectors is due to some form of damage either physical or logical occuring to the internal structure of your drive. This causes data stored in those sectors to be corrupt and unreadable. The occurence of bad sectors on physical or logical drives is just the same. The only difference is that the presence of logical drives means that your drive is most probably partitioned. The only possible way for you to remove bad sectors from your computer is to buy a new hard disk. Note that this does not occur only in harddisks but in most kinds of storage media.
2006-07-05 21:40:40 · answer #3 · answered by smash-o-san 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot make a bad sector good. However, the system will not use a sector it knows is bad.
Almost every disk drive has at least a handful of bad sectors. If you are watching yours, and the number of bad sectors is increasing, it's time to get a new disk.
2006-07-05 21:07:24 · answer #4 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As everyone is telling you, bad sectors means the drive is going bad (the surface magnetic material is structurally not sound and so it can not reliably store data).
To 'spare' bad sectors, you'd need to do a low level format. This requires a utility from the drive maker and is not something I recommend for a novice sicne it could render the drive useless if you mess up.
George
2006-07-05 22:04:29 · answer #5 · answered by George C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the hard drive manufacturers web site, and look for a low level format utility. the manufacturers provide these free for download. be advised you will have to create a partition and reformat when done. it will also take a long time for the utility to run. i hope its not your os drive, because you will lose everything on the drive unless you can back it up
2006-07-05 21:36:36 · answer #6 · answered by alaiston 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time to get a new one!! www.newegg.com
If you don't have the time and money to get a new one its time to beg for money at download LA. Just kidding. Download WD Diag.
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n&pid=2&swid=3
2006-07-05 21:09:52 · answer #7 · answered by KTang 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uhm, this usually means your hard drive is going bad. time for a new one!
2006-07-05 21:05:24 · answer #8 · answered by evi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes if a defrag can not fix them ,then its probably wearing out
2006-07-05 21:07:11 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by getting a new one...
if it under warrenty go n replace it for free..
2006-07-05 21:25:48 · answer #10 · answered by Devrishi S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋