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hdd badsectors removal...without use of floppy...:P

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pushkar1986 Original post #1
Aug 4, 2006 at 7:23 PM
Is there any windows based software to remove badsectors??
i used HDD Regenerator it asks for floppy ....& I dont have floppy drive...so suggest me som windows based software .....

Thanx.........
eddie
eddie #2
Aug 5, 2006 at 1:19 AM
If you have HDD Regenerator then it also works with CDs. Just pop a blank one in your burner and burn a CD. I have never come across any Windows based Hard disk regenerators and even if you get one...it will most probably be useless. Removing bad sectors needs exclusive access to HDD and I doubt that a Windows based application will be able to get that kind of access.