sprkymrk wrote: What Operating System? Most likely you would run a full Disk Check for an XP system. From the GUI, right click on the drive in question, select properties, then the TOOLS tab. Then select "Check Now" under the Error Checking portion. Check the boxes to automatically fix file system errors and scan for and attempt to recover bad sectors. If prompted to schedule on your next restart select Yes and reboot. From a command prompt (assuming drive C: is what you want to check) you would type: chkdsk c: /f /r /x Reboot when prompted.
Lamini wrote: sprkymrk wrote: What Operating System? Most likely you would run a full Disk Check for an XP system. From the GUI, right click on the drive in question, select properties, then the TOOLS tab. Then select "Check Now" under the Error Checking portion. Check the boxes to automatically fix file system errors and scan for and attempt to recover bad sectors. If prompted to schedule on your next restart select Yes and reboot. From a command prompt (assuming drive C: is what you want to check) you would type: chkdsk c: /f /r /x Reboot when prompted. i think he's already over the basic tools, ie built in windows stuff. his post reminds me of a problem i had with a customer who had bad sectors on one of the drives. i told her i didnt have the software to work with it at that time and did some research... meanwhile i told her she could get a 500gb to replace her 60gb for $90, and she donated her drive to me and i picked one up for her and cloned it. I dont think there is a way to remove or fix bad sectors, its just a sign of a failing drive, the "fix" is to move the sector so that its not used, and theres quite a number of software that does it. narrowing it down to the free ones was the not so easy part. as cheap as drives are these days, when something starts showing bad sectors, just get the data you want off of the drive, its time to put its warranty to use, if not, then $100 gets you 500gb. doesnt fix the problem, but i dont think bad sectors are repairable
