Re: Image Files & HDD
From: br549 (pamspam_at_spam.com)
Date: 09/15/04
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 01:55:36 GMT
Imaging programs like you mentioned will not transfer "marked bad sectors".
They only transfer the "used" portion of your disk partition.
<Fred@anonymous.com> wrote in message news:41477876.DB087658@nycap.rr.com...
I just ran scandisk on a friend's PC and it found numerous bad sectors
and did a repair. I have the system running again but plan to replace
the HDD with a new one and using an image file to transfer the current
system to the new HDD.
It's my understanding that scandisk locates bad areas on the HDD and
then they are "marked" so that future data cannot be written there.
My question relates to using imaging software (BootItNG, Drive Image,
Acronis, etc.). I believe they make a byte for byte file and I wonder if
they transfer the "marked bad sectors" to a new HDD when an image file
is restored. I know that image files include blank areas as well as data
when a partition is imaged. Can anyone comment?
Thanks, Fred
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