Hot can I fix bad sectors?

Question

ok is there something like a software or program for it?

Answer 1

Reformatting is the only way to fix them

Answer 2

Check out the site of the drive's manufacturer. I once had a drive get bad sectors and it was an IBM drive. They had a utility on their site for fixing the drive so it would never try to access them again. When I had that problem it was solved and the drive lasted another five years.

If you don't know your drive's manufacturer, in Windows (assuming XP here), right click "My Computer" on the desktop, then in the "System Properties" window, click the "Hardware" tab. There, click the "Device Manager" button, and in the Device Manager screen, expand (click the + ) the "Disk Drives" tree. You should see it there.

Although, if you have a RAID setup you might only see something about a "stripe".

At worst, shut off your PC, open it up and if you can, without touching anything, see if you can read the manufacturer name from the HD. DO NOT tinker in there if you are not comfortable with doing so. Take the PC for service if need be.

RP

Answer 3

You don't fix bad sectors, you just avoid them. Run your disk checking software and check for errors. The software will mark the bad sectors and try to recover data from them, but after marking them, it will avoid them in the future.

It's like having little traffic cones around those sectors. Many hard drives have bad sectors and can continue operating for many years without trouble. I recommend checking the situation often and if you notice that the number of bad sectors is increasing, you should start looking for a new hard drive.

As a precaution, keep backups of your critical documents up to date.

Click START> My Computer> Right-click Local disk C:\ and select Properties> Click the Tools tab and run the Error checking utility.

Answer 4

Howdy!
On today's drives, bad sectors are an indication of the hard drive going bad. You can map them so that you don't use them, but others will show up. The best thing you can do is to replace the hard drive.
Back up all of your data (files, pictures, music, documents) to another drive or to CDs. Remove the old drive, reload windows and the programs (you can not back up programs very easily) and re-install your data. That is much safer in the long run than trying to fix your dying hard drive.

Tom

Answer 5

If your OS is Windows, you can try the following:
Detecting and repairing disk errors
You can use the Error-checking tool to check for file system errors and bad sectors on your hard disk.

1. Open My Computer, and then select the local disk you want to check.
2. On the File menu, click Properties.
3. On the Tools tab, under Error-checking, click Check Now.
4. Under Check disk options, select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box.
Good luck

Answer 6

Bad sectors can't be fixed...it means your drive is physically damaged, but they can be isolated...normal scandisk on Windows can do the job...just make sure that you carry out a thorough scan (Scan for Bad Sectors), so that the program can isolate these bad sectors. Good luck.

Answer 7

Normally if a hard drive has bad sectors it will just mark them as bad, and keep going until it totally dies. I would recommend start looking for a replacement soon. It may take a while to die or it could die tomorrow. Hard drives are unpredictable as they have moving parts.

Answer 8

Run your systems tools.
Go to start then all programs then accessories then systems tools their you will be able to clean up and repair your hard drive. it will not repair bad sectors but it will move existing programs around them so they do not lock up. also do a disc fragmentation this will take your scattered files and organize or move them closer together.
Good luck.

Answer 9

You can't fix bad sectors, a bad sector means that your hardrive is going bad (physical damage), you need to start backing up all your important data.

Answer 10

It is just like take two aspirin and call me in the morning, I wouldn't trust my data on hard drive has bad sectors. buy a new drive.

Answer 11

You dont fix them, but you can reallocate them so nothing gets writen there. RUn chkdsk on your drive.

Open Windows Explorer
right click on your hard drive
go to properties
then tools
click on check now
click in both check boxes
click start
click yes
when you reboot it will run.