My hard drive shows up 10 GB of bad sectors in chkdsk. Can I still run defragmentation for it?
2006-09-05 10:22:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
You want to fix the bad sectors first.
Go back into DOS (You may have to use a start-up disk to get there) and then type "chkdsk/r" to REPAIR the bad area of Your Drive... it could take a while, but when it's done, You'll have regain a lot of space, and You'll be able to do complete Defrags again.
2006-09-05 10:27:12 · answer #1 · answered by M L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I read most of the responses, and it sounds like most of these guys really know what they are talking about.
I worry about one thing. 10 gigs of bad sectors is an awful lot. Makes me think about physical damage to a disc. I'm thinking about an actual 'head crash." When the damage is severe enough, it may cause a read head, passing over the damaged area, to bounce around a bit and cause even more damage in another area of the disc. Kind of like a skateboarder, getting his wheel jambed into a crack, or against a pebble. The boarder goes down and damages the side walk with his helmet. (okay, bad example, but I hope you know what I mean)
1. If you choose to do the defrag, and all of the bad sectors are located together, keep an eye on things. Do an occasional defrag, again to watch for changes in the pattern.
2. If subsequent defrags show an increase in bad sectors, even in a different part of the disc, you may be getting new head crashes, caused by the original damage.
My fears may be extreme, but like in diagnosing any kind of problems, the pattern of symptoms tell as much as the symptoms do.
Back up your files right away, just in case.
2006-09-05 11:08:54 · answer #2 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Running the Defrag will clean up that bad sector. I would recommend that you run your defrag before you are ready to go to bed...it will take several hours to complete!
2006-09-05 10:34:24 · answer #3 · answered by ♥ Susan §@¿@§ ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
run scandisk first in the "thorough" mode to fix errors then defrag. do not use you computer for anything else while running these programs no matter how long it takes.
it could take more than 24 hours to throughly run scandisk. hard drives today are very big and can take a very long time to scan.
2006-09-05 10:26:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-12 03:10:53 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can defrag but after complete "Surface Scan" by SCANDISK program.
I suggest to create newly partition onto your HDD. Please do either "Low Level Format" or NTFS File system.
2006-09-05 10:26:33 · answer #6 · answered by Masud R. Khan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.
good defrag program will just isolate the sector so you dont write to it
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PageDefrag.html
2006-09-05 10:26:11 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋