Re: Removal of bad sectors marked by CHKDSK

From: PCfixinman (PCfixinman_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/16/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 12:49:05 -0700

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the reply... The strange thing, is that the bad sectors were
fixed...Not only do they not show up, in any hdd software utlity, but the
drive no loger is sluggish..

I know if I re-install XP pro, it will report 0 in bad sectors...

Do you know how I can remove what XP marked as bad, to see if it finds them
bad again?

so far, there have been no more goin g bad, I think this is due to those 2
having been fixed...

TIA,

PCFM

"David H. Lipman" wrote:

> Do Nothing. The OS should read/write in data areas around those marked bad.
> The question is -- will the number of bad sectors increase ?
>
> Dave
>
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> "PCfixinman" <PCfixinman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:08EF6D16-E623-4DB0-B3B4-460D9235BDFC@microsoft.com...
> | Hi,
> |
> | I had 2 bad sectors, which were on a Seagate 2.5" HDD...
> | Using the manufacturers software, I was able to repair these sectors...
> | I used every other HDD manufacturers HDD software to check this disk, it is
> | clean, with no bad sectors, not even, those CHKDSK marked...
> |
> | What do I need to do, to remove these sectors marked as bad, in XP SP2 pro..
> | DO I need to re-install the OS, or are they hidden somewhere, I can find &
> | delete them...
> |
> | They were marked:
> |
> | $badsect
> |
> | Any Ideas?
> |
> | thanks!
> |
> | PCFM
> |
> |
> | --
> | One step closer to the edge...
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>
>

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