Re: CHKDSK results

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My computer SEEMS to operate okay, but I am concerned about what I am
seeing. Specifically:

1. What's up with CHKDSK "cleaning up 28 unused index entries...."?

Nothing to worry about.


2. Even more troubling, although small in size, CHKDSK is reporting 32 KB
in bad sectors. Does this mean my hard drive is beginning to fail and I
should replace it?

The condition could be stationary or it could fail. The only way to tell
is to run chkdsk /f /r regularly and note the results. I have seen some
disks fail completely within a few weeks under such conditions whereas
others survived for several years.

(Believe it or not, I am one of those neurotic people who
regularly perform weekly backups, even before seeing this CHKDSK result.)

That's not neurotic, that's sound computing, as long as you back up
your files to an independent medium.


3. Is there any way (i.e., a utility from TUCOWS or somewhere) which I
can
run which will identify and allow me to repair those bad sectors? Or, in
the
alternative, to isolate them so I don't lose data?

Windows has already isolated these sectors. I believe that
Spinrite attempts to repair them but I would advise against
this because I never trust a sector that has failed to perform.

Thanks to all.

Jim



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