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June 14, 2000 at 10:56 pm #2074115

bad sector of hard disk

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by geminiwee · about 21 years, 11 months ago

May i know how to repair the hard disk which got the bad sector????

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- June 14, 2000 at 11:03 pm #3776792
  
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  by waifoon · about 21 years, 11 months ago
  
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  Try to format your hard disk. Before you do that you must back up all your files. However, formatting might not clear bad sectors from your hard disk.
  
  Best recommendation would still be to replace the hard disk.
  
  There might be some software that you can perhaps block out bad sectors so that these sectors would not be used. However, note that bad sectors would spread.
  - June 15, 2000 at 4:52 am #3776662
    
    bad sector of hard disk
    
    by geminiwee · about 21 years, 11 months ago
    
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    No, i mean if my hard disk has already got the back sector inside, i want to cover it and make it back to the normal, what method i have to use —-not scandisk or low level format because i try it before, no help a at all
- June 15, 2000 at 12:05 am #3776781
  
  bad sector of hard disk
  
  by dmiles · about 21 years, 11 months ago
  
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  Try running scan disk and see if you can repair the sectors before reformatting,if not backup and reformat by using FDISK.
  - June 15, 2000 at 4:52 am #3776663
    
    bad sector of hard disk
    
    by geminiwee · about 21 years, 11 months ago
    
    In reply to bad sector of hard disk
    
    No, i mean if my hard disk has already got the back sector inside, i want to cover it and make it back to the normal, what method i have to use —-not scandisk or low level format because i try it before, no help a at all
- June 15, 2000 at 1:05 am #3776765
  
  bad sector of hard disk
  
  by dennis@l · about 21 years, 11 months ago
  
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  Use ScanDisk, select through mode it will attempt to correct the bad sectors if it starts marking too many bad, Purchase a new hard drive.
  - June 15, 2000 at 4:52 am #3776664
    
    bad sector of hard disk
    
    by geminiwee · about 21 years, 11 months ago
    
    In reply to bad sector of hard disk
    
    No, i mean if my hard disk has already got the back sector inside, i want to cover it and make it back to the normal, what method i have to use —-not scandisk or low level format because i try it before, no help a at all
- June 15, 2000 at 2:54 am #3776731
  
  bad sector of hard disk
  
  by computekal · about 21 years, 11 months ago
  
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  low-level format the drive using a utility from the manufactory of the drive can. you can download it off the Net
  - June 15, 2000 at 4:52 am #3776665
    
    bad sector of hard disk
    
    by geminiwee · about 21 years, 11 months ago
    
    In reply to bad sector of hard disk
    
    No, i mean if my hard disk has already got the back sector inside, i want to cover it and make it back to the normal, what method i have to use —-not scandisk or low level format because i try it before, no help a at all
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