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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. Open My Computer, and then select the local disk you want to check. On the File menu,Right click>> click Properties. On the Tools tab, under Error-checking, click Check Now. Under Check disk options, select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box. Notes To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer. All files must be closed for this process to run. If the volume is currently in use, a message box will appear prompting you to indicate whether or not you want to reschedule the disk checking for the next time you restart your system. Then, the next time you restart your system, disk checking will run. Your volume will not be available to perform other tasks while this process is running. If your volume is formatted as NTFS, Windows automatically logs all file transactions, replaces bad clusters, and stores copies of key information for all files on the NTFS volume.
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∙ 18y ago
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∙ 17y agoIt depends on the type and severity of damage. If the disk itself is physically damaged, the chances of repairing it are small, but a professional service may be able to retrieve some of the data from it.
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∙ 15y agoKind of... if you are using windows, then use scandisk. if the damage is physical, then you are kind of screwed, and should get a new hard drive. Another good windows command to use is checkdisk. Do so by doing the following: 1. Click "Start" > "All Programs" > "Accessories" > and then "Command Prompt" 2. Now type in the following command: chkdsk /r 3. What this does is scan your hard drive for bad sectors and recovers readable information.
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∙ 10y agoThere is no way to remove bad sectors in a hard disk. Those are permanent defects. Windows can only retrieve file and move it to the part of the disk which is healthy.
In order to fix files in bad-sectors from your hard disk in Windows Vista and XP go to:
-Double-click My Computer (located on the desktop)
-Right-click on the C: drive
-Click on the Tools tab
-Click on the Check Now button
-Check "Automatically fix file system errors"
-Check "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors"
-Click Start
-Restart you computer when prompted and the utility will start automatically.
-Check Disk may take a few minutes to an hour to complete.
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Where do bad sector come from in hard disk?
Bad Sectors are permenent defects on a Hard Disk Drive (HDD). It maybe come from a factory defect, or an external problem. Keep the hard disk safe and away from any magnetic force or dirt and dust and you can prevent having Bad Sectors on your HDD.
Can you format your disk after bad sector mapping?
Try <A href="www.goodlucksoft.com">PBD(Partition Bad Disk) to isolate bad sectors and fix the bad sector problem.</A>
What is a boot sector virus that transforms the current boot sector to an unused portion of the disk as bad sector?
wat it
How can reduce bad sector?
run chkdsk to mark them bad, or use PBD(Partition Bad Disk) to isolate the bad sectors.
Hard disk Maxtor 3200 Hello Sir good evening Recently you reinstall xp in your C drive after that your external hard disk Maxtor 3200 is not open If try to open it the error measge ask you to format t?
Your maxtor 3200 Likely has a bad sector.
Zerofilling in hard disk of bad sectars?
zerofill in harddisk and bad sectors
What does it mean when your computer says hard drive not found?
The best way, I think to answer that is to define what a computer (or in this case the motherboard of the computer) needs to find or identify a hard disk. A hard disk needs a power source, a connector to attach it to the motherboard, and a controller to talk to the microprocessor of the computer. If any of these things fail the hard disk will not function and the computer will not recognize it. In general when you see the message "hard disk not found" its because the computer can't recognize the hard disk. This can be from a bad cable (that connects the hard disk to the motherboard), no power to the hard disk, or a failed controller. In my experience, its usually a bad cable but there are times when the hard disk itself will fail. Generally, hard disk cables are far more fragile than hard disks.
Why does blue screen come up and then computer restart when defragmenting disk on windows vista?
There are at least two options: first one is the operating system is broken; second one is your hard drive has bad sectors. Both cases you need to run full hard drive diagnostics, including the hard drive surface test (bad sector repair).
Why does your computer not recognize your external iomega hard drive?
Probably the disk is bad. I had this happen and I inserted another disk and it recognized it.
What causes bad sectors on a hard disk?
any eye and butt will explode
How do you fix bad clusters on your hard drive?
When checkdisk detects a bad cluster on your hard drive, it automatically flags the cluster as unusable and your file system will no longer put data there. This is as close as you can get to actually fixing the bad clusters. Bad clusters are caused by physical damage or defects on the disk itself. When modern hard disks start showing bad clusters, it should be taken as a sign that the hard disk is dying and should be replaced.
Why did Asus computer slow down?
The primary yet most dangerous cause is the malware infection. Other reasons include fragmented hard disk, corrupted Windows registry, remnants left after uninstalling large applications, hard drive bad sector errors, not enough free disk space, too many startup programs running at one time, outdated ASUS device drivers, etc.
