I ran PC doctor and when it checks the hard drive it fails. I tried checkdisk and it repaired the bad sectors but it still comes up that the hard drive has a demaged surface. Is there anything I can do to fix that or my last resort is to do system recovery? and put it back to original factory state. I even tried system restore but it didn't work.
Please someone help. Thank you.
2007-08-07 18:28:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Your hard drive seems to be failing. No System restore software is going to help.
Perform immediate data backup and recovery to save all your critical documents.
Next get a hard disk diagnostic software (free of charge from Seagate/WD/Maxtor) and do a low level format of your hard disk.
Sometimes weak magnetic properties on the disk surface gets interpreted as bad sectors, a low level format may help to rectify the problem.
After low-level format, do a system format to partition the hard disk to your preference. If you still encounter bad sectors here, you will need to replace your hard disk for good.
If no bad sectors are encountered, you may continue to use the same hard disk. However you must monitor the hard disk condition for a few weeks to ensure everything is spiffy and good.
The answers given earlier are all good and true, i just added on.
Cheers everybody
2007-08-07 20:27:55 · answer #1 · answered by BunsTTech 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You need a new hard drive. Typically problems like this grow progressively worse until complete failure so back up any data you can and start looking for a good deal on a replacement drive. THEN you can do a system recovery.
2007-08-08 01:32:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Correct- it's telling you the hard drive is damaged and needs to be replaced. No restore operations are going to help- you need a new drive first.
2007-08-08 01:47:56 · answer #3 · answered by Proto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋