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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.
What else can I help you with?
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 command prompt command do you use to determine if a drive has bad sectors?
To check for bad sectors on a drive using the command prompt, you can use the chkdsk command. Specifically, you would type chkdsk X: /f /r, replacing "X" with the letter of the drive you want to check. The /f option fixes errors on the disk, and the /r option locates bad sectors and recovers readable information. After executing the command, you'll receive a report on the status of the drive, including any detected bad sectors.
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.
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 determines drive capacity?
sectors
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.
You have a computer that crashes during reformat what do you do?
Most likely you have some bad sectors in our hard drive. There is some free software which allows to do it. Also you can use Check Disk which is part of windows OS, it's capable repairing bad sectors if it's not too bad. REPLY: the computer now has no windows installed on it though, I cannot get into the OS to install any software because of the crashing during reformat. I think it is a deep rooted problem with the hard drive, but is there anything I can do other than buying a new hard drive?
