Re: BAD SECTORS ERROR

From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 05/24/04


Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 19:47:22 +1000


"Bobby" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1111701c4414d$65d32480$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi, I did a CHKDSK on my C:\ drive (1st Partition)
> It says it has 8 bad sectors on it. What steps do I, or
> can I take to correct and fix these bad sectors on my
> primary partition (1) c:\ drive to correct this error.
>
> C:\>CHKDSK
> The type of the file system is NTFS.
>
> WARNING! F parameter not specified.
> Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.
>
> CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
> File verification completed.
> CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
> Index verification completed.
> CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
> Security descriptor verification completed.
>
> 34242515 KB total disk space.
> 11751792 KB in 32940 files.
> 13488 KB in 2671 indexes.
> 8 KB in bad sectors.
> 108823 KB in use by the system.
> 65536 KB occupied by the log file.
> 22368404 KB available on disk.
>
> 4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
> 8560628 total allocation units on disk.
> 5592101 allocation units available on disk.
>
> C:\>
>
> When I imply the ( CHKDSK /F ) it does not fix the problem.
> I even restated the server and let the operating system
> try to fix the problem that way. And it does not ( even by
> trying several times ).
>
> ("I wish Microsoft would make a special tool for this")
>
> I removed the Hardrive from the 1st server and placed it
> as a slave on the second server (with the same OS
> installed "Windows 2000 Pro") Then i tryed to do the same
> task ( CHKDSK /F ), and it still wont fix the problem.
>
> Also, when i tryed on the 1st server with this drive
> mounted and windows running, to do a "Defrag Procedure",
> It goes until a certain point, then it makes my OS Re-Boot
> into a ( BSOD Screen ) as it starts to count up.
>
> NOTE: If i make a image of the drive, will it take the bad
> sectors with it.
> Is it software based or Hardware based error??
> Also, are there any partucular software to fix this,
> Such as Norton ect. ect.
>
> ===>> I set up a Temporary E-Mail for responses of this
> problem. dj1newyork@aol.com

To get an authoritative view on the issue, download and run
the free diagnostic program that your disk manufacturer makes
available on his home site. It is non-destructive.



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