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Need utility for HDD's Bad Sectors?

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GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK Original post #1
Sep 1, 2010 at 4:27 PM
Hello,
to all of you.
I have a 250GB HDD, this hdd has some partitions with bad sectors on it, actually, whenever I start copying the data from this hdd to some another
hdd then I get bad sectors error, When I check this hdd with Windows scandisk, so that scandisk can mark the bad sectors, then scandisk takes too
much time to mark these bad sectors, Now, I am finding some utility that can mark bad sectors of hdd fastly than scandisk.Please reply soon with some
utitlity name.Hope to see reply.Thank you for reading my post.
Regards,
GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK
probir
probir #2
Sep 1, 2010 at 8:09 PM
Hard disk Sentinel.. best.
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paroh #3
Sep 1, 2010 at 9:09 PM
hdd regenerator
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G
Sep 2, 2010 at 9:46 PM
Hello,
to all of you.
Firstly, thank you for replies, actually, I am searching a utility that can work like in scandisk manner and that can make data recoverable from the hdd, I have an urgent need of this type of utility, also Is there any utility that can extract data from the hdd bad sectors? please let me know. Thank you for reading my post.
Regards,
GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK
hdsk.23
hdsk.23 #5
Sep 2, 2010 at 10:26 PM
bad sectors are a sort of physical damage on hdd... its not possible to recover it!! the only way is to send the hdd for hard recovery which is too costly....
G
Sep 2, 2010 at 11:44 PM
Hello,
I know Bad sectors are physical damage on hdd's area, but I just need an utility that can recover data not all but to its max extent, or can mark bad sectors so that I can copy data to some another hdd.I hope you understand what I am trying to say.Thank you for reading my post.
Regards,
GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK
U
Sep 5, 2010 at 4:38 PM
as other members recovery from bad sectors will charge you insane manner
if u want to remove bad sectors use seagete dos tools for seagate and western digital has its own which u can get in their sites around 2-3mb ISO file, burn it ,boot from it.
Hdd regerater also works but i find seagate tools effient
CA50
CA50 #8
Sep 6, 2010 at 3:55 PM
Have you tries MHDD or Vivard???
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Sep 6, 2010 at 6:15 PM
hav u tried tuneup
G
Sep 12, 2010 at 5:05 PM
Hello,
to all of you.
Firstly, thank you for all the replies, I have tried MHDD, Vivard, and also tuneup, but these programs could not help.Anyways, I want to know, Is there any utility that can work on partition wise and can mark or fix bad sectors on some particular partition of the hard disk? Actually, I have some partitions on hdd out of them only some have bad sectors.Reply soon.Thank you for reading my post.
Regards,
GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK
CA50
CA50 #12
Sep 17, 2010 at 8:21 AM
^^How come these utility didn`t help you (MHDD, Vivard). I used both especially Vivard and i repaired my bad sector.
G
Sep 17, 2010 at 4:29 PM
Hello,
Regarding, "VIVARD" Whenever I try to install this program, it asks for the floppy drive, I use new Intel board, on which I dont have any floppy drive connector, so, its setup interupts. MHDD dont show any drive in their window, I think due to mine SATA drive.Anyways, If you have some other utility then let me know.Thank you for reading this post.
Regards,
GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK