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As far as I know, the best way is to make a Low Level Format. You should find the software to perform a Low Level Format depending on the kind of your hard Disk drive. just remember it may take a long time. However, you can use an alternative program to perform a good and deep Scan Disk and fix the bad sectors. the program is called Partition magic.
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Is it dangerous to have 4kb of bad sectors in my c drive?
Yes, typically a hard drive has 0 bad sectors. Once a drive starts to develop bad sectors it typically means that the drive is failing. If you don't want to replace the drive right now, you should back up your drive and keep the backup current.
What does it mean when your computer gives a error stating no hard drive found and it says it has bad sectors?
it means hard drive port is not working properly.
Why it is that windows operating system should be shut sown at last?
If it isn't, your drive could end up with bad sectors
A technician suspects that a hard drive is beginning to fail.which two conditions would support this suspicion?
The hard drive is making unusual noises. The hard drive has a gradual increase in the number of bad sectors.
What determines drive capacity?
sectors
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.
How do you force a drive to remap bad sectors without losing any other data?
If you are using Windows 2000, XP or Vista (or variants):To locate bad sectors and attempt to recover data on drive letter C,Click start, click run, then type "chkdsk c: /r /f"A black command prompt window should pop up. It will ask you if you'd like to schedule a chkdsk on the next restart. Answer yes. Restart.This process should remap bad sectors.
What does CHKDSK?
CHKDSK checks the hard drive for bad sectors and defects, as well as incorrect information in the file system (such as available free space).
What are bad sector errors?
what are bad sectors errors
How many sectors does each side of a disk have?
AN 80GB drive will have about 78,125,000 sectors on each side.
How do you get rid of bad sectors?
The simple answer is - you cant. However - Windows can 'mark' them so that any data written to the disc avoids the bad sectors.
A hard drive is divided into sectors?
512 512
