Recently on my laptop (Acer Aspire 5000) i had errors and lots of Bad clusters and LOADS of files missing so i rebooted it and it was still the same. I then Partionied ( First Time ) I need to now the following things:
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MAIN Question :
if i partition my main Drive ( which all the window files are in ) becuase of the bad sectors. And then make a new main drive (NTFS before it was fat32) and then use recorvery cds to reboot laptop wud the bad secotrs go? and wud the Drives still reaim NTFS
2007-10-02 05:56:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
If your drive has that many errors, you'd be better off getting a new one. More clusters are likely to go bad, and then you'd might have to start all over again.
As far as partitioning a new drive, for home use, there isn't a need to.
2007-10-02 06:01:49 · answer #1 · answered by Mike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "Bad Sector" occurs when the hard drive is unable to read information on a specific location (sector) of the drive. This can be used because because something corrupted the magnetic charges at the location, but did not hard the actual hardware on which they are located. Or it can be caused by the actual hardware on which the chrages are located going bad.
A repartition and reformat can repair a drive if only the charges are bad. It can not repair the drive if the hardware is bad. So you have a 50/50 shot that a reformat might save the drive. (At this point, you have nothing to lose by tyring it.)
If the physical drive itself is bad, it will fail during the format and you will know that you have to buy a new one. (Sorry)
If you reformat the drive as NTFS, it will remain NTFS unless you reformat it to FAT32. Not knowing how your recovery disk is designed, I can not predict whether it would reformat the drive. But if you have a choice, leave the drive NTFS. It is much better at preventing the "bad magnetic spots" problems then FAT32. IT also requires less maintence (fewer defrags) and arranged files better so that you get the use of more of your hard drive.
2007-10-02 06:09:12 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
missing so i rebooted it ???.....
whant do you mean by this? rebooted the HD totally?
Im not sure if you can partition a drive with files in it.. all i know is u can only partition it if its new (meaning empty). but i could be wrong.
when u partition, it will ask you if you wanted it to be NTFS or Fat32.
Fat32 to NTFS CONVERSION IS A ONE WAY PROCESS!!!!!!!
the best way to do is...buy a new HD for yur laptop, install it, partition it, then load up the recovery discs.
2007-10-02 06:09:39 · answer #3 · answered by pokwangtherock 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two main differences between New Technology File System (NTFS) and File Allocation Table 32 (FAT32): (1) NTFS makes more efficient use of hard drive space than FAT32 because it uses a smaller cluster size. (2) NTFS allows the user to take advantage of the folder/file security settings that Windows 2000 Pro/Server and Windows XP provide.
2016-05-19 06:10:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Bad sectors are bad sectors. It's a hardware problem. Wiping and re-installing won't fix this.
My advice is to back up all your important documents to a CD/DVD or flash drive now. If you keep finding more and more bad sectors, your hard drive could be dying.
2007-10-02 06:02:33 · answer #5 · answered by Yanni Depp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Creating another partition in drive C: might solve the problem.
2007-10-02 06:03:48 · answer #6 · answered by Optimist E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋