I have bad sector on my HDD (which were discovered during the WIN XP installation)...my question is what is the fastest way to remove these sectors. I do not intend on "recovering them" or salvaging the data on them, I just want them to be fixed...what is the fastest solution...third party software...a HDD wiping utility?
2007-03-20 11:50:26 · 3 answers · asked by MSB 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
THANX NELLORE K... THANX SOO MUCH... did exactly as he suggested, erased partition table using debug and created new ones, bad sectors are gone....one again, thank you so much (will choose yours as best answer after 4 hour waiting period)
2007-03-20 12:12:11 · update #1
A debug reinstall will recover the hdd from bad sector
http://www.fdisk.com/fdisk/clr-part.txt
follow this link it has the debug script....
2007-03-20 11:55:51 · answer #1 · answered by Nellore K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
once you format the disk it maps the undesirable sectors and excludes them from use, scandisk and chkdsk do the comparable factor you do no longer desire 0.33 celebration utility that may screw up your laptop.
2016-10-19 05:00:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. I'm pretty sure ' chkdsk /R ' will identify and block them. More info http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=chkdsk&gwp=13
2007-03-20 11:54:49 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋